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Is it possible to allocatefile size without calculating the file size and hence preventing it from abending from space issues.
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kolusu · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:56 am Post subject:

kingo,

Check the space calculation in this post and accordingly code your space parameters.

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?p=36#36
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kingo · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:15 am Post subject:

My question is there any way to dynamically allocate files through jcl ?

something similar to

Creating stacks by dynamic allocation of memory.
Hope I made my question clear.

~Kingo
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kolusu · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:19 am Post subject:

kingo,

You canNOT dynamically Allocate space parameters to a dataset on DASD. However you can create an extended format dataset which can be extended to 123 extents unlike the regular 15 extents of secondary allocation. Talk to your DFSMS administrator about creating extended format datasets
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expat · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:43 am Post subject:

Or you could code multivolume which will only use the secondary volumes when the full allocation has been exhausted on the first volume
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