Delete a flat file in JCL.

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Shahid
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Delete a flat file in JCL.

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How can we delete a flat file in JCL? What utility should we use?
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Re: Delete a flat file in JCL.

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does

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... DISP=(OLD,DELETE) 
hint anything ?
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Re: Delete a flat file in JCL.

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Most programmers use IEFBR14 to prevent unexpected side effects.
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Re: Delete a flat file in JCL.

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Thanks. So can I use any program and just use DISP=(OLD,DELETE)?
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That would depend on what you and why you are trying to delete. I would not use your bill writing program simply to clean up a few stray dtat sets - you do not want the bills except at bill production time. To simply delete datasets use, as has been suggested, IEFBR14 because it is a program that does nothing - it starts and it then ends. Nothing more. Your JCL statements are actioned by the operating system - not by the program.
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