I thought I had submitted an assembler program to CBTTAPE.ORG for releasing free space without the use of open/close. But, I can't find it. If the original poster wants a copy of the program, I can send it to her/him off list. The original program was written by someone else, and I made a few modifications to get it to work in the environment I was currently in. It uses the ULU macros created by Sam Golob, for UCB lookup.
Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 at 7:46 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > Assuming that OPEN/CLOSE is all that is required, you can do that in batch > ISPF using REXX, or CLIST if you're perverse. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of > David Cole [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 5:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: RLSE - A question about releasing unused tracks in a DASD dataset > > Thanks Dave. I hadn't thought of that. Unfortunately, this has got to > run in the batch (either normally or within batch TSO), so issuing a > shortcut command interactively would not work for me. > > But if I investigate what the F does under the covers, maybe I'll > find my solution. > > Thanks! > Dave Cole > > > > > > > At 12/21/2022 04:41 AM, Gibney, Dave wrote: > > > The F line command from ISPF 3.4 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On > > > > Behalf Of David Cole > > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 1:20 AM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: RLSE - A question about releasing unused tracks in a > > > > DASD dataset > > > > > > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > > > > > > > Is there a way to release unused tracks in a classic z/OS PDS but > > > > without having to open and close it? > > > > > > > > Or if opening/closing is required, is there a way to do that for a > > > > PDS without knowing (or discovering) what members are in it, and > > > > without creating a new member? > > > > > > > > Obviously, I could write something, but I don't want to. > > > > And I cannot rely on the presence of any program or TSO command that > > > > does not come standard on a z/OS system? > > > > > > > > I don't think there is a way to do this, but I'd love for someone to > > > > prove me wrong. > > > > > > > > David Cole > > > > [email protected] (personal) > > > > [email protected] (business) > > > > 540-456-6518 (cell) > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
