In <003a01c96526$7e55bac0$7b0130...@[email protected]>, on
12/23/2008
at 09:47 AM, Ron Hawkins <[email protected]> said:
>The OP asked how to calculate the size of the file in MB or GB. Gadi
>responded with the exact answer:
No.
>"A track on a 3390 type disk has 56,664 bytes. If you multiply the
>number of tracks (297,141) by that you get 16,837,197,624 or about
>16GB."
Which doesn't tell the OP how much he can record in that space with the
specified block size. To every question there is an answer that is simple,
obvious and wrong.
>If you allocate the file using MB notation it will be converted to
>tracks based on 56664 bytes. Ipso facto tracks times 56664 gives you the
>size in MB on an MVS system.
No, at best it gives you the amount to specify on a DD statement, not the
actual size.
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