In this example, the MEM1 member of partitioned data set EXAMPLE.NONVSAM2 is deleted with minimal allocation serialization.

//DELET10    JOB   ...
//STEP1     EXEC  PGM=IDCAMS
//MYMEMBER  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=EXAMPLE.NONVSAM2(MEM1)
//SYSPRINT  DD    SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN     DD    *
     DELETE -
            EXAMPLE.NONVSAM2(MEM1)  FILE(MYMEMBER)-
     /*

The DELETE command deletes a member of a partitioned data set, EXAMPLE.NONVSAM2(MEM1). Its parameters are:

• EXAMPLE.NONVSAM2(MEM1) is the entryname of a member of the partitioned data set, EXAMPLE.NONVSAM2. The entryname identifies the object to be deleted.
• The FILE parameter points to the DD statement MYMEMBER which allocates the PDS as SHR to the job, hence avoiding dynamic allocation with OLD of the entire PDS.