As I read the sentence in question, it says that the specified block size is a factor in the calculation *except for* block size zero, which by convention requests System Determined Blocksize. With SDB, the factor in the calculation is a number that depends on device geometry rather than what's coded, i.e. zero.
. . JO.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charles Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 06/16/2006 01:42 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: Track capacity? A follow-up question if I may. I am trying to figure out the meaning of the sentence (in JCL Reference, under SPACE=(blklgth ...) "The value specified for block size uses block length in this computation, with the exception of the value zero." I can't quite assign a meaning to that sentence. If ... <snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
