What does a disposition of (MOD,DELETE,DELETE) mean ?

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What does a disposition of (MOD,DELETE,DELETE) mean ?

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What does a disposition of (MOD,DELETE,DELETE) mean ?
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Post by Krishna » Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:22 pm

The MOD will cause the dataset to be created (if it does not exist), and then the two DELETEs will cause the dataset to be deleted whether the step abends or not. This disposition is used to clear out a dataset at the beginning of a job.
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