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." > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
