I doubt it. I suspect the Config Reference is correct and the IP Commands is imprecise. It would take either a trace or a slow network/quick finger on ISPF 3.4 to be sure.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 9:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Really? No FTP SITE RLSE? 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
