ALLOCATE

Allocates an MVS data set to the current user and defines the data set's DD name.

The following example allocates the existing data set TESTDATA.SORTED.DATA, with the DD name SYSUT1.

ALLOCATE FILE(SYSUT1) DATASET(TESTDATA.SORTED.DATA) OLD

Operands Support

The following operands are supported for ALLOCATE:

BLKSIZE DUMMY SHR
BLOCK FILE SPACE
CYLINDERS LIKE SYSOUT
DATACLAS LRECL TRACKS
DATASET MOD TRTCH
DDNAME NEW USING
DIR OLD WRITER
DSNAME RECFM
DSORG REUSE

The following are parsed and ignored:

ACCODE DEN NOBURST
ALTFILE DEST OPTCD
ATTRLIST EROPT OUTPUT
BFALN EXPDT PARALLEL
BFTEK FCB POSITION
BUFL FLASH RELEASE
BUFNO FORMS RETPD
BUFOFF INPUT ROUND
BURST KEEP UCS
CATALOG KEYLEN UNCATALOG
CHARS LABEL UNIT
COPIES LIMCT VOLUME
DELETE NCP VSEQ