Any user can change their own log / list defaults in the ISPF settings.

It is harder if it is running ISPF in batch.

From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of 
Albertus de Wet <[email protected]>
Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 at 5:26 PM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: ISPF/PDF list/log file allocations

PS. It's a COBOL programmer whos LOG dataset is filling up. I do not know
what they are doing (sometimes I wonder if they do)

On Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 16:24 Albertus de Wet 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Thanks.
I did look at the physical dataset allocation, therefore the pri, sec
space allocations.

I will look there - thanks.

On Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 15:00 Schmitt, Michael 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:

It is in the System Profile (ISPSPROF) settings, Log and List Defaults. I
think the IBM defaults are:

LOG_PAGES_PRIMARY_QUANTITY       = 10
LOG_PAGES_SECONDARY_QUANTITY     = 10

But what you said is odd...

- The quantity is in "pages", not tracks.
- Not a lot gets logged to the log. It is basically TSO commands entered
by the user, or via menus. I'm a heavy ISPF user with a LOT of custom menus
and applications and I never run out of log space.
- The LIST file isn't written to AT ALL unless a user does a command that
uses the LIST and directs the output to it

So I'm wondering what is going on at your site that would fill up the log
or list data set.


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Where can the settings for ISPF-LOG and -LIST files be changed?
The default we have is pri: 150trks, sec.10trks. Some of our users are
running out of space (E37 abends).

Thanks

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