John, Just went through this exercise over the weekend.
Why's; Has to do with freespace as I was told. If not done the volume will not see the freespace. How's; //S1 EXEC PGM=ICKDSF,PARM='NOREPLYU' //DD1 DD DISP=SHR,UNIT=3390,VOL=SER=xxxxxx //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * REFORMAT DDNAME(DD1) VERIFY(xxxxxx) REFVTOC Contact me offlist if you want more info. Jimmy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
