Deleting an entry from an access list

Use ALESERV DELETE to delete an entry on an access list. The ALET parameter identifies the specific entry. It is a good programming practice to delete entries from an access list when the entries are no longer needed.

The following example deletes the entry that was added in the previous example.

         ALESERV DELETE,ALET=DSPCALET    REMOVE DS FROM AL
         DSPSERV DELETE,STOKEN=DSPCSTKN  DELETE THE DS
         .
DSPCSTKN DS   CL8                      DATA SPACE STOKEN
DSPCALET DS   F                        DATA SPACE ALET

If the program does not delete an entry,

An entry on the DU-AL remains on the access list until the work unit terminates. At that time, the system frees the access list entry.
An entry on the PASN-AL remains on the access list until the owning jobstep task terminates. At that time, the system frees the access list entry.