In z/OS, is it possible to uncatalog a (TAPEE) file in SAS code?

[Jay_TxOAG]

I am creating a CPORT file and I have this SAS code to create the FILENAME

FILENAME DWNLFILE 'CPORT.MYFILE' DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE) UNIT=TAPEE VOLCOUNT=99 LRECL=80 BLKSIZE=8000 DSORG=PS RECFM=FB;

My current method of UNCATALOGing this file is to do it in JCL. However I would like to set one macro var for the filename literal that would be used in UNCATALOGing the file, creating the filename, and downloading the file via FTP.

I claim no expertise in z/OS operating systems. Any help is appreciated.

[Shmuel]

I'm not sure I understand correctly what you mean by "uncatoging".

1) can you post your JCL used? that may help.

2) does next code do what you need:

FILENAME DWNLFILE;

[Jay_TxOAG]

I use this in my JCL to uncatalog/clear/delete the file.

000003 //DEL     EXEC PROC=UCC11RMS,TYPRUN='P'
000024 //DWNL    DD DSN=CSUSER.CPORT.DWNL,DISP=(NEW,CATLG,KEEP),
000025 //            UNIT=TAPEE,VOL=(,,,99),                     
000026 //            DCB=(LRECL=80,RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=8000)        

Then to create my FILENAME, which I need for my CPORT statement, I do the following

000057 FILENAME DWNLFILE "CSUSER.CPORT.DWNL"         
000058  DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE) UNIT=TAPEE VOLCOUNT=99
000059  LRECL=80 BLKSIZE=8000 DSORG=PS RECFM=FB;      

I (just) realize that one solution would be to have a delete step after the CPORT is complete. Then weekly runs of the job would allow the FILENAME statement would work. 

However, I would like to know if there is a way either in the FILENAME statement or in a separate SAS statement to "reuse"  CSUSER.CPORT.DWNL.

If this were possible, then I could just create a macro var for the "DWNL" portion of the filename and use it where needed. I will need to duplicate this type of job to download many data sets.

Thanks for your time.

[Shmuel]

If you want to delete the catalog file you can do it by sas:

filename mycat .........;

try one of next two statements:

1) rc = fdelete(mycat);

2) rc = filedelete("<full path and file name>");

better check for full documentation and syntax, maybe you need some more options 

to add to filedelete() function.