>But I think you might have meant the Format-5 (free space) chain >rather than the Format-3 (data set extents) chains.
Aren't they automagically invalid when you have an Index? And, you have to find the space through it? Or, has that changed? Or, even simpler, does it matter much, anymore? - -teD I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal panacea I believe in! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

