The following example allocates the existing data set TESTDATA.SORTED.DATA, with the DD name SYSUT1.
ALLOCATE FILE(SYSUT1) DATASET(TESTDATA.SORTED.DATA) OLD
The following operands are supported for ALLOCATE:
| BLKSIZE | DUMMY | SHR |
| BLOCK | FILE | SPACE |
| CYLINDERS | LIKE | SYSOUT |
| DATACLAS | LRECL | TRACKS |
| DATASET | MOD | TRTCH |
| DDNAME | NEW | USING |
| DIR | OLD | WRITER |
| DSNAME | RECFM | |
| DSORG | REUSE |
The following are parsed and ignored:
| ACCODE | DEN | NOBURST |
| ALTFILE | DEST | OPTCD |
| ATTRLIST | EROPT | OUTPUT |
| BFALN | EXPDT | PARALLEL |
| BFTEK | FCB | POSITION |
| BUFL | FLASH | RELEASE |
| BUFNO | FORMS | RETPD |
| BUFOFF | INPUT | ROUND |
| BURST | KEEP | UCS |
| CATALOG | KEYLEN | UNCATALOG |
| CHARS | LABEL | UNIT |
| COPIES | LIMCT | VOLUME |
| DELETE | NCP | VSEQ |