I may be mistaken about the RLSE or perhaps it is a function of my default 
DATACLAS. I know the EOF is there. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On
> Behalf Of David Spiegel
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 10:23 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Potential Resource Savings Techniques
> 
> Hi Dave,
> I tested it. Your hypothesis is false (i.e. RLSE is not done.)
> 
> Regards,
> David
> 
> On 2022-05-11 13:12, Gibney, Dave wrote:
> > If SMS-managed and DSORG known, an unopened new allocation will have
> an EOF set and RLSE will be process.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On
> >> Behalf Of David Spiegel
> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 9:20 AM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: Re: Potential Resource Savings Techniques
> >>
> >> Hi Paul,
> >> Allocation does allocation and nothing but allocation.
> >> It does not write anything at all.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> David
> >>
> >> On 2022-05-11 12:17, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 11 May 2022 15:53:20 +0000, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Only if your SYSIN is not DUMMY.  When SYSIN for IDCAMS is DUMMY
> it
> >> does (and can do) nothing at all, rather more expensively in CPU time
> than
> >> IEFBR14, but still nothing by comparison.
> >>>> Only if you are allocating and using REPRO from a DUMMY to a new
> >> sequential file or an actual DEFINE for a VSAM cluster for instance would
> >> IDCAMS do what you describe.
> >>> Will it not write an end-of-file at the first extent and RLSE all but
> >>> the first allocation unit of SPACE?
> >>>
> >>> (I suspect the OP did not intend his use of "SYSIN".)
> >>>
> >>> In the Bad Old pre-SMS Days, I sometimes relied on a primary
> >>> allocation of 0 to preclude subsequently reading residual data.
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From:  <David> <Mingee>
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 11:46 AM
> >>>>
> >>>> IDCAMS does an open and close on the new file and writes zero
> records,
> >> so if RLSE is coded with the SPACE for output file(s) then the unused trks
> or
> >> cyls
> >>>> Are released.  Secondary space will be used if needed when data is
> >> created in the file later.
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: David Spiegel
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 11:07 AM
> >>>>
> >>>> I do not understand this at all.
> >>>> How does any program differ from IEFBR14 (with respect to
> >> allocation/freeing unused disk space by DD Statement)?
> >>>> Maybe your shop has an Exit or add-on product which does Storage
> >> Management?
> >>>> On 2022-05-11 01:53, <David> <Minge > wrote:
> >>>>> 5.      Consider changing IEFBR14 for allocating new files to IDCAMS
> with
> >>>>> SYSIN DD DUMMY.  This will release unused disk space.
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