>So I'm led to believe that the presence of a DATACLAS does not cause SMS to write an EOF when allocating a non-SMS dataset.
I thought that's what I said. If I wasn't clear, I said: It has to be SMS-Managed. It has to have a data class. I never said that a data class would guarantee an EOF for non-SMS. I've checked my posts, and only a typo would say anything different. I never delved in the details of how to get a data set SMS managed. I just stated that it had to be! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
