<snip> I don't know how to go about measuring this to determine if it is a problem </snip>
A good place to start is the 'f catalog,.....' commands. they will tell you lots of good things about how busy your catalogues are and their performance. Jack Kelly 202-502-2390 (Office) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html