On Fri, 6 Dec 2013 18:27:39 -0500, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: > >I just relinked all of a load module library, and for a block size of >6160 it used 153 tracks, versus 149 tracks for 27998 size. Most of the >blocks are control records <= 256 bytes. > Load modules are special; Binder is clever. How about 32760?
>But for the common card format libraries, there seems to be relatively >little waste despite large blocks sizes. > Force a worst case for LRECL=80. Use BLKSIZE=27920 (I believe that's the SDB default), then write several files each with 350 records. Try again with BLKSIZE=24000 (I'm guessing), then compare. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
