Steve, That's not exactly correct. It's 16 extents for 59 volumes and then you're done. John's answer is the solution for your problem. ACC and STOP-X37 users have known this for 30 years.
I have no idea what "reclaiming space in the VTOC" is. Ron > > But how does this solve problems for NON-VSAM / non-EXTENDED data sets? > 16 extents and you are done (on a volume). How does this reclaim space > in the VTOC (I don't really care, but I can see why one might, even with > indexed VTOC). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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