VSAM

[Pedamajji Santhosh Kumar]

How to specify retention period for a VSAM dataset?

[kishore]

Using FOR(xxx) parameter in DEFINE CLUSTER statement

[Anuj Dhawan]

Just to extend on earlier reply . . .

In FOR(xxx), xxx represnets the "number of days" - so it can be written as: FOR(days).

FOR(days) - specifies the retention period for the cluster being acted upon - the cluster can't be deleted without the PURGE option until the number of days given by 'days' has passed. 'days' is an integer in the range 0 through 9999 decimal, and can also be expressed in binary (B'days') or hex (X'days').