Basic System DMS PROC › SELECT Command › DSCL SELECT CRITERIA Field Name Descriptions › GDGSTAT — Generation data group status

GDGSTAT — Generation data group status

The value of this field represents the status of a generation data group. The second operand in a GDGSTAT comparison can be any of the following:

YES/TRUE/ON

Active GDG

NO/FALSE/OFF

Not a GDG

ROLLOFF

Rolled off GDG

DEFERRED

Deferred GDG

For VSAM data sets, the value of GDGSTAT is always set to NO/FALSE/OFF.