John, I didn't think &MAXSIZE took multivolume into account. Isn't it just primary + (15 * secondary)?
I've often thought that compression products should come with a sampling utility to read one CYL of a dataset and provide a compression report. This could be used to isolate find the best compression candidates. If you're willing to write out that sample CYL one could probably write something to do this with REXX, SAS or lower level language. Ron > to maintain. Is there an easier way which does not require that the individual > DEFINE desks specify the DCEXTC data class? I cannot depend on the programmers > to do this correctly. And they would rise up in arms if I tried, anyway. Also, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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