WAIT


   .-WAIT(2,2)--------------------------.   
>>-+------------------------------------+----------------------><
   '-WAIT--(--numsecs--,--numretries--)-'

WAIT specifies to DFSMSdss the length of a wait in seconds and the number of retries to obtain control of a data set.

numsecs: Is a decimal number (0–255) that specifies the interval, in seconds, between retries.
numretries: Is a decimal number (0–99) that specifies the number of times an attempt to gain control of a data set can be retried.

The default for numsecs,numretries is WAIT(2,2), which specifies two retries at 2-second intervals. If you do not want to wait for a data set, specify 0 for either numsecs or numretries.

Note: The WAIT keyword does not control wait/retry attempts for system resources (such as the VTOC and the VVDS). For system resources, the default wait time is 3 seconds and the default retry count is 30. This results in a total wait time of 90 seconds.

For information about controlling the wait/retry attempts for system resources, see the Controlling the wait/retry time for serialization of system resources (PN11523).