> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Doug Henry > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 9:37 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Allocation test > > On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:50:22 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil > <gerh...@valley.net> wrote: > > >On 9/19/2013 1:17 PM, Doug Henry wrote: > >> Obviously Barbara intentionally didn't request any directory blocks. > >> I would expect and I am sure she did also that would produce a JCL > >> error. > > > >>In any case, IBM should be persuaded to either produce a JCL error or > >modify the directory build to write an EOF. > > I thought it would work as described in SC26-7410-1 DFSMS Using Data > Sets : > > Allocating Space for a PDS > To allocate a PDS, specify PDS in the DSNTYPE parameter and the number > of directory blocks in the SPACE parameter, in either the JCL or the > data class. You must specify the number of the directory blocks, or the > allocation fails.
Well, she DID specify dir blocks, although I was zero (0). They don't say it must be a positive number... Med Vänlig Hälsning Thomas Berg ___________________________________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist zOS\RQM\IT Delivery SWEDBANK AB (Publ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
