Multiple choice technology mainframe

which utility we have to use to delete the generation of a GDG?

  1. IDCAMS

  2. IEFBR14

  3. IEBGENER

  4. IEBCOPY
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Explanation

IEFBR14 is a utility that does nothing but return a completion code. It's commonly used in JCL to delete datasets by specifying DISP=(OLD,DELETE,DELETE) in the DD statement. IDCAMS is for VSAM management, IEBGENER for copying, IEBCOPY for PDS.

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