how to remove the free space from the file

Vijay Shankar · New User Joined: 24 Oct 2008 Posts: 16 Location: Bangalore

How to remove the free space from the file which are unused.

My requirement is that i wrote a job which will take the backup of around 50-60 input files using sort and create the same number of output files. but when the input file is empty it will create the empty backup file. so i want to remove the extra space which will taken by the empty file. i can't do it manually to delete all the empty backup file.

expat · Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 12:14 pm

Why not code the RLSE parameter in the JCL

Have you considered using DFdss as the backup tool, it is specifically de3signed for backups and recovery

Vijay Shankar · New User Joined: 24 Oct 2008 Posts: 16 Location: Bangalore

Hi ,

I have to take the whole region backup into a tape, that should be

life time retention.

Below is my job, can you please let me know need to give any storage class

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//ADRDSSU1 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//BACKUP1 DD DSN=UEWDVAE.V823.FINAL.PHASE1.BACKUP,
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// UNIT=SILO,VOL=(,,,20),
// DCB=(RECFM=VB,LRECL=32760,BLKSIZE=0)
//SYSIN DD *
DUMP -
DATASET( -
INCLUDE( -
YEWVPGE.** -
)) -
OUTDDNAME(BACKUP1) -
TOL(ENQF) -
SPHERE -
OPT(4) -
SHR
/*
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expat · Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 11:30 am

The need to specify a storage class is purely site specific.

You need to talk to your storage management people to get the correct answer.