Used directory blocks are directly related to the number of members; not the number of updates. Compressing a PDS will not reclaim directory blocks. - Ted MacNEIL [email protected] Twitter: @TedMacNEIL
-----Original Message----- From: K Zafirop <[email protected]> Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:23:09 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Watching used space of a PDS Hi all I would like to implement a utility so to watch the used directory blocks of one of our frequently changed PDS libraries. Do you have any idea how to automate this? In case of the threshold exceedance, I will submit an IEBCOPY to compress in place the PDS. Kind regards K. Zafiropoulos z/Series Support Engineer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
