SHARE


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   +-SHAre-+   
   '-SHR---'

SHARE specifies that DFSMSdss is to share the data sets to be copied for read access with other programs.

SHARE and FULL are mutually exclusive; you cannot specify these keywords together.

Do not specify DELETE if you specify SHARE. You must have exclusive control over data sets that are to be deleted; SHARE does not require such exclusive control.

Note: Unlike the RESTORE command, the COPY command honors the SHARE keyword for VSAM data sets. However, the SHARE keyword is only honored for VSAM data sets that were defined with share options other than (1,3) or (1,4).

Specifying the SHARE keyword does not cause DFSMSdss to honor the share options that are defined for VSAM data sets. For VSAM data sets that are defined with share options other than (1,3) or (1,4), specifying the SHARE keyword allows other programs to obtain read access. It does not, however, allow write access to the data sets while they are being copied. For VSAM data sets that are defined with share options (1,3) or (1,4), neither read access nor write access by other programs is allowed while the data set is being copied.