DISP=OLD denotes exclusive control of the dataset; DISP=SHR means there is

What is the difference between specifying DISP=OLD and
DISP=SHR for a dataset?

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DISP=OLD denotes exclusive control of the dataset; DISP=SHR
means there is no exclusivity.

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