On Fri, 11 May 2007 23:54:34 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>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. That's not correct. Never was. You can prove it easily enough. Create a PDS with one track, no secondary. If what you say was true, you'd never be able to create a member. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
