On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:28:48 -0600, Hank Medler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hate to reply to myself, but I was wrong and it appears that the space is >truly only freed when a SYSOUT is coded as FREE=CLOSE. Sorry, but even >though it separates the output to another entry, the space is not freed >when purging or printing the output of a non-FREE=CLOSE SYSOUT. Sorry, but >I can't aid any help on the historic beginnings of freeing space on spin- >off datasets... I haven't been around that long. Correct It cannot be freed because what you purge is a JOE ( Job Output Element ) Unfortunately JOE belongs to JQE ( Job Queue Element ) and the allocation (the number of trackgroups used by the JOE's) is written in the JQE . So unless you delete all elements ( that means you delete the JQE also ) you do not free the space as it remains allocated by the JQE . This is from memory For free=close i guess it is different and i do not know how it works .I think it came with change in BERTs cleanup but i do not know how. Bruno ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
