| System Options under z/OS |
Specifies whether to reuse an existing allocation for a file that
is being allocated to a temporary ddname.
| Default: |
NOFILEREUSE
|
| Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS
statement, OPTIONS window
|
| Category: |
File Control: EXTFILES
|
| PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
EXTFILES
|
| z/OS specifics: |
all
|
If FILEREUSE is in effect and there is a request to allocate
a file that is already allocated, the existing allocation is used whenever
dynamic allocation can use the existing allocation. The default, NOFILEREUSE,
requests that dynamic allocation create a new unique allocation. For more
information about reusing an existing allocation, see z/OS V1R8.0 MVS
Authorized Assembler Services Guide from IBM.
Copyright © 2009 by SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA. All rights reserved.
