>That doesn't explain why you'd want the directory to be allocated in full >tracks, though.
IIRC, I was taught that the entire track was formatted as directory blocks, but you could only allocate/access the ones you asked for in JCL. Regardless of how many you specified, the first member starts on/in the next track after the directory. As for SYSALLDA, I was wrong from a technical view point, but I prefer the users using DASD. And, I was involved in SMS implementations almost since the first day it came out. At the risk of blowing my own horn, see: March 2006: "SMS: The Discipline" http://tinyurl.com/j4d8o - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
