On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 7:57 AM, Kurt Quackenbush <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 5/15/2018 2:58 AM, Mike Fulton wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I know in ISPF under 3.2, if I am allocating a dataset and it is >> SMS-managed, I can specify the space in bytes (e.g. megabytes) >> instead of tracks or cylinders or blocks. Is there a similar way to >> do this from the TSO ALLOC command? Looking at the manual, I can't >> see it, but I would have thought if it could be done in ISPF, it >> could be done in TSO... >> > > It sure would be simpler if you could just specify the number of bytes, > but that's not how it works. Instead you specify the length of an average > record (AVBLOCK) in bytes and the multiplier (AVREC). > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/ > com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ikjc500/alloccmd.htm S o you simply set AVBLOCK to 1 and AVREC to number of bytes? > > > Kurt Quackenbush -- IBM, SMP/E Development > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- We all have skeletons in our closet. Mine are so old, they have osteoporosis. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
