What is the difference between a PDS member and a GDG
Generation ? Is it only this, that with a generation we can
use +1, 0, -1 etc while with PDS member we can not ?

Answer Posted / polsani

In gdg generation are of ps data set type but in pds its a
member(jcl/cobol programs)

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