Ron Thomas wrote: >failing with X37 abends.
Just post the full message(s). >The file is already allocated one in mainframe . Your failure depends on how the dataset was allocated in the first place and how big it already is and limits placed by SMS. >I am not sure whether we can allocate the file from linux virtual machine >script ? if possible , how this can be done ? You can, see Alva's reply, but then you may need to allocate a brand new dataset with the right allocation parameters. You cannot enlarge an existing dataset. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN