Howard - I believe that is because SMP/E does not OPEN the data sets for an APPLY CHECK. That's why an APPLY CHECK can end with a CC 0, yet when the SYSMODs are actually applied, the data set can run out of directory blocks or space and the APPLY will fail.
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