On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:55:19 -0500, Paul Gilmartin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:32:01 -0400, Imbriale, Donald wrote:
>>
>>From "Using Data Sets":
>>
>>.... the
>>member space is not reclaimed until the connection is released and the
>>data set is opened for output and that OPEN for OUTPUT is the only one
>>on that system.
>>
>As I read this, you omitted an essential step:
>
> All other jobs which have the PDSE open for output must close
> it before the space can be reclaimed.
It's there. "...and that OPEN for OUTPUT is the only one on that system."
>Then, opening it for OUTPUT ("to write one member") seems supremely
>academic: the space is not reclaimed until it's needed, at which
>point it is automatically reclaimed.
No, because you've created a situation where no one else is using the data
set. If someone else opens it, you'll no longer be "the only one" so the space
reclamation will not occur.
--
Tom Marchant
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