SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

374 FILENAME Statement Chapter 17
specifies the status of the physical file at the beginning and ending of a job, as well
as what to do if the job step terminates abnormally. If you specify only status, you
can omit the parentheses.
status
specifies the status of the data set at the beginning of a job. Valid values are
NEW creates a new data set.
OLD does not share the existing data set.
SHR shares the existing data set.
MOD if the data set exists, adds new records to the end; if the
data set does not exist, it creates a new data set. MOD
cannot be specified for a partitioned data set.
REP for non-PDS members, implies DISP=OLD if the data set
exists and is cataloged; otherwise, it implies DISP=NEW.
For PDS members, it implies DISP=SHR if the PDS is
cataloged; otherwise, it implies DISP=NEW.
The default is SHR.
Notes:
3 You can also supply any of these values for status as a separate,
individual keyword in the FILENAME statement rather than as a
subparameter of the DISP= option.
3 DISP=REP is ignored if a volume is specified on the FILENAME
statement.
normal-termination-disp
specifies what to do with the data set if the job step that was using the data
set terminates normally. Valid values are
DELETE deletes the data set at the end of the step.
KEEP keeps the data set.
CATLG places the entry in the system catalog or user catalog.
UNCATLG deletes the entry from the system catalog or user catalog.
For a new data set, the default is CATLG. For an existing data set, the
default is KEEP.
abnormal-termination-disp
specifies what to do if the job step terminates abnormally. The default is to
take the action that is specified or implied by normal-termination-disp. Valid
values are
DELETE deletes the data set at the end of a job step.
KEEP keeps the data set.
CATLG places the entry in the system catalog or user catalog.
UNCATLG deletes the entry from the system catalog or user catalog.
Here are some examples of the DISP parameter:
DISP=SHR
DISP=REP
DISP=(NEW,CATLG)
DISP=(OLD,UNCATLG,DELETE)