Date:         Wed, 1 May 1996 18:07:00 EST
Reply-To:     "Mathur, Mukesh" <MMathur@VCRPMRKT.TELECOM.COM.AU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Mathur, Mukesh" <MMathur@VCRPMRKT.TELECOM.COM.AU>
Subject:      FILE statement for creating members of a PDS

On MVS, I am trying to create a PDS with a variable number of members from a
datastep. The libname for the dataset is allocated in JCL (disp=new).
 
The member names are created in the data step. I am having trouble getting
the right format of FILE to do this. Option FILEVAR seems to insist on the
physical file name which I do not have in the datastep. Also, When does SAS
close a file opened by a FILE statement.
 
Any help will be appreciated.
 
Mukesh Mathur