Interesting. Thanks. That's from the Configuration Reference. I was looking at IP Commands, which is subtly different:
For allocating sequential data sets this is the maximum amount of space that is allocated for the primary extent. If a smaller amount of space is needed to hold the data being transferred, only the amount actually needed to hold the data is allocated. 1. Not really apropos of my question, but why are the two different? 2. What you quoted is very plausible. The quote above does not sound technically accurate. How would the FTP server "know" the "actually needed" amount of space to allocate? 3. The quote above explains why I did not find anything searching on "release" (but would have found your quote). I did confirm that space is released. I did QUOTE SITE PRI=100 TR and uploaded a 6K file. After the transfer completed, the dataset was 1 track. So that answers my question. More precise documentation would certainly be a help. Thanks again. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Norbert Friemel Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 8:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Really? No FTP SITE RLSE? On Sat, 25 May 2013 08:44:08 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >Am I missing something? Is it really true that z/OS FTP server SITE >does not support space release (RLSE)? > >I sure don't see it in the documentation but it seems odd, with all the >options that are there. > >Did I miss something? Is there a way to get the FTP server to release >excess dataset space? > >Charles > Space is always released (for seq. datasets). http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/f1a1b4b1/18.102 "For allocating sequential data sets, amount is the maximum quantity that is allocated for the primary extent. If a lesser amount is needed to hold the data being transferred, the unused amount is released after the transfer is complete." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
