Just to add to John Eells' post, you can also delete all PDS/E members and reinitialize the directory using ISPF option 3.1 (Library Utility) by specifying Option D (Delete member) and * for the PDS/E member name (e.g. 'MY.TEST.PDSE(*)').
Regards, Peter Van Dyke (HCL) On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 1:21 AM, Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:08:49 +0000, Beesley, Paul wrote: > > >I have been using the PDSCLEAN program from the CBT tape file 693 for a > while ... > > ... > >The report says the PDSE has been cleared, and indeed there are 0 > members, however an ISPF 3.4 display shows that the percentage used hasn’t > gone down from the original 67% used. I tried the process on a copy of the > PDSE and it worked fine … 0 members and 0% used. I can only assume it’s > because LLA has hold of it or something. > > > PDSE, in a form of work unit isolation, maintains a connection ("hold") on > any member > for which BLDL (or DESERV?) has been done until it is released (by BLDL > RELEASE, IIRC). > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN