DISPN

Synopsis

HELP:   (HOST) Close disposition for normal end [CATALOG]
TYPE:   NUMBER
SYNTAX: DISPN/DISPNORMAL=CATALOG/CATLG/DELETE/KEEP/UNCATALOG/UNCATLG

Description

Normal disposition of the FLAMFILE (z/OS only).

This parameter is ignored when the file is allocated via JCL.

The DISP parameter is part of the DD card in JCL.

JCL-Syntax restrictions for FLAMv4 or older:

   DISP= [ status ]
   DISP=([ status ] [ ,normal-termination-disp ] [,abnormal-termination-disp])
   DISP=([ NEW    ] [ ,DELETE                  ] [,DELETE                   ])
   DISP=([ OLD    ] [ ,KEEP                    ] [,KEEP                     ])
   DISP=([ SHR    ] [ ,PASS                    ] [,CATLG                    ])
   DISP=([ MOD    ] [ ,CATLG                   ] [,UNCATLG                  ])
   DISP=([        ] [ ,UNCATLG                 ])

See also parameters DISPS and DISPA.

• z/OS
  • DISPN=CATLG/DELETE/KEEP/UNCATLG

Values

• z/OS
  • CATLG - catalog
  • DELETE - delete
  • KEEP - keep
  • UNCATLG - uncatalog

Default

• z/OS
  • none

Valid for

• decompression

Selections

• CATALOG - Close disposition catalog
• CATLG - Close disposition catalog
• DELETE - Close disposition delete
• KEEP - Close disposition keep
• UNCATALOG - Close disposition uncatalog
• UNCATLG - Close disposition uncatalog