IEFBR14 Delete Datasets

ISPF foreground option 3.2 (Data Set Utility panel) is also used to delete the datasets. However, the IEFBR14 utility is used to delete the datasets as part of a batch run. The dataset can be either a Sequential file(PS) or Partitioned Dataset(PDS).

The disposition to delete the dataset is DISP=(OLD,DELETE,..) or DISP=(MOD,DELETE,..).

DELETE option performs below two tasks -

Deletes an entry from the system or user catalog directory for the dataset.
Removes the dataset entry from VTOC (Volume Table of Contents), and it cant be retrieved.
Removes all the required indexes that are required to access the dataset.

Syntax -

...
//DD1      DD DSN=datset.name,DISP=(OLD,DELETE,DELETE)
...

Example -

Scenario - Delete the PS and PDS using IEFBR14 utility.

Input PS File - MATEPK.IEFBR14.PSFILE
Input PDS - MATEPK.IEFBR14.PDS

JCL -

Full Example

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+---4---+---5---+
...
//STEP01   EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//DD1      DD DSN=MATEPK.IEFBR14.PSFILE,
//            DISP=(OLD,DELETE,DELETE)
//DD2      DD DSN=MATEPK.IEFBR14.PDS,
//            DISP=(OLD,DELETE,DELETE)
...