On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 13:30:33 -0500, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: > ... >2. Don't unzip the MCS into a data set at all. Use SMP/E RECEIVE >FROMNTS instead to receive the PTFs directly into the global zone and >SMPPTS data sets directly, without creating a sequential data set. > I agree. When RECEIVE FROMNTS will do all the dirty work for you, adding a GIMUNZIP step plus lots of DSNs in RECEIVE is unfettered nostalgia.
There are points at which RECEIVE FROMNTS still must unzip into SMPWKDIR, then create temporary data sets, but it gets smarter with each release. It's a shame that IEBCOPY won't accept as its unloaded PDS a UNIX file (much less a POSIX pipe) which would relieve even more DASD space constraint. The OP seemed to be running out of space for SMPPTFIN. I believe (I may be wrong) that RECEIVE FROMNTS still stages SMPPTFIN to Classic data sets. SMP/E ought to be able to read from UNIX files, and if they're separated in the package, and SMP/E were clever, only one need be unzipped at a time; piped into SMPPTFIN (don't close until the last one) and discarded immediately. Error reporting might be compromised. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
