What is the difference between specifying DISP=OLD and
DISP=SHR for a dataset?
Answer Posted / anurag
Generally DISP = OLD is used when a Dataset is generated in
a step of job and then subsequently used in the next up
coming steps of the same job ,
DISP=SHR signifies that the dataset is can be shared by the
multiple jobs.
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