HOLD Operand

You can send data to the hold queue if you want to view it with the option of printing it later. To place a data set on a hold queue, type the FREE command and specify:
  • The data set name
  • The HOLD operand
Example
To place the data set associated with file SYSUT1 in a hold queue, enter:
FREE FILE(sysut1) HOLD

When you specify the HOLD operand, it overrides any HOLD/NOHOLD specification made when the data set was originally allocated, and it also overrides the default HOLD/NOHOLD specification associated with a SYSOUT class.