Re: Happy Holidays to All

2022-12-24 Thread Rupert Reynolds
Whether you celebrate Sinterklaas, Christmas, December solstice, or one of several other events around this time of year (that I can't spell when I'm sleepy), it's been an informative year here (as always) and I hope next year brings you all something good. It's bringing me a roadtrip into Scotla

Re: Happy Holidays to All

2022-12-24 Thread Steve Horein
You too! On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 2:06 PM Farley, Peter < 031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Whichever festival of light or year-end tradition you celebrate at this > dark (at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) time of year, > have a joyous and safe holiday tim

Re: RLSE - A question about releasing unused tracks in a DASD dataset

2022-12-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 12:52:32 -0800, Ed Jaffe wrote: >On 12/21/2022 1:20 AM, David Cole wrote: >> Is there a way to release unused tracks in a classic z/OS PDS but >> without having to open and close it? > >PARTREL. > >It *requires* that the data set NOT be open... > ... And numerous other restri

Re: RLSE - A question about releasing unused tracks in a DASD dataset

2022-12-24 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 12/21/2022 1:20 AM, David Cole wrote: Is there a way to release unused tracks in a classic z/OS PDS but without having to open and close it? PARTREL. It *requires* that the data set NOT be open... -- Phoenix Software International Edward E. Jaffe 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90

Re: PDS compression needs a new name - defoam? unfoam? degas? I hope someone has a better idea!

2022-12-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 13:28:03 -0600, Mike Schwab wrote: >How about an command to expand the directory by moving the early members back? > Use PDSE or UNIX directories, both of which are fee of directory space limitations. -- gil -

Re: Markup languages

2022-12-24 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Fri, 23 Dec 2022, at 12:51, Seymour J Metz wrote: > emacs > THE > vi > ... I've never used either emacs or vi and don't much want to have to learn another text editor's command set. Regarding THE, is there a list anywhere of what the differences between it and Kedit are? Wading through th

Happy Holidays to All

2022-12-24 Thread Farley, Peter
Whichever festival of light or year-end tradition you celebrate at this dark (at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) time of year, have a joyous and safe holiday time. Hug your loved ones and give thanks for their love. Peter This message and any attachments are intended only fo

Re: PDS compression needs a new name - defoam? unfoam? degas? I hope someone has a better idea!

2022-12-24 Thread Roger W Suhr
Look at the PDS command (rel 8.6) on the CBTTAPE (CBTTAPE.ORG) Roger W. Suhr suhr...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2022 14:28 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PDS compression needs a new n

Re: PDS compression needs a new name - defoam? unfoam? degas? I hope someone has a better idea!

2022-12-24 Thread Mike Schwab
How about an command to expand the directory by moving the early members back? On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 10:19 AM Michael Oujesky wrote: > > Wrong end, Passing gas occurs at a different orifice. > > Michael > > > At 08:40 AM 12/21/2022, Paul Gorlinsky wrote: > > >Burping ... because we are removin

Re: PDS compression needs a new name - defoam? unfoam? degas? I hope someone has a better idea!

2022-12-24 Thread Michael Oujesky
Wrong end, Passing gas occurs at a different orifice. Michael At 08:40 AM 12/21/2022, Paul Gorlinsky wrote: Burping ... because we are removing the gas trapped above in a PDS -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive ac

Re: PDS compression needs a new name - defoam? unfoam? degas? I hope someone has a better idea!

2022-12-24 Thread David Cole
Hi Ed, REORG? Not bad... Better than unfoam, that's for sure. But I also like the defrag suggestion. I think I'm going with that. BTW... Merry Christmas! Dave At 12/23/2022 03:21 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote: On 12/21/2022 3:16 AM, David Cole wrote: The notion of "PDS compression" has a long and tim