Does it save it to memory or a temporary file until the transfer is complete?

On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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."
>
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