>IBM made a change some time ago, such that if a new extent is contiguous with the last existing extent of a cluster, it just made the new extent part of the existing extent.
For free space, this was in MVS/ESA 3.1.0.e. For VSAM, this is available with either 1.7 or 1.8. I cannot remember which. For all else, not yet. - -teD O-KAY! BLUE! JAYS! Let's PLAY! BALL! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
