FREE list of free extents

FREE This Action Code - entered from the MRS screen for a PVS/Volume set - will result in a list of the unused blocks being displayed for a specified PVS or Volume Set from all locally-available Pubsets. The default sort order is descending, based on the size of the blocks.

If the Action Code is entered from the PDT list, or from the VOL screen (see page ), the free areas will be displayed for the specific volume only.

The FREE screen will be displayed as follows:

With a mouseclick you get a describtion of the screen item.

Commands: The following entries are permmitted from the command field of this screen:

CFS The user will be returned to CFS, if that was from where the MRS screen was called.

NP* Update the list.

POS xxx=yyy Position permanently at a particular list entry, particularly after NP* (xxx = field from title line, yyy = required contents)

PUBSP [pubset] [, FILE=file] [, SUM]

A screen showing the utilisation of all volumes of all available online pubsets, or a specific pubset will be displayed.

S srch [=INSRT -] Search for a specific entry in the list, and if required, remove it from the list.

SORT xxx Sort the list on any attribute in the title line

EXPL file Export the list to a file

HC file /NHC Log the screen to a Hardcopy file.

Action Codes: The following Action Codes can be entered from this screen:

FILE The flagged free blocks of the volume will be filled with an extent of a dummy file.

A screen will be displayed in which the name of a file can be entered. (Default: :x:$TSOS.CFS.ABS.ALLOC).

The absolute space allocation will cause the extent to be created by filling exactly the marked free blocks on the volume. Entering the Action Code repeatedly will result in the same file being presented as the default name. This offers an easy way of filling the free blocks with a single file with a specific name.