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IEC217I Duplicate Directory Entry Message

What does IEC217I Duplicate Directory Entry Message mean in Assembly / HLASM?

Issued during CLOSE processing (accompanying abend B14) when the STOW macro tries to add a new member name to a partitioned dataset's directory but a member with that exact name already exists there.

IEC217I Duplicate Directory Entry Messagez/OS · HLASM

Condition

Issued during CLOSE processing (accompanying abend B14) when the STOW macro tries to add a new member name to a partitioned dataset's directory but a member with that exact name already exists there.

Fix

Rename the member being created, or explicitly delete/replace the existing member first if overwriting it was actually the intent, since a plain STOW add will not silently replace an existing directory entry.

Pending source verification. Not yet checked against official documentation.

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