Use the DIRECTORY statement to specify the number of directory blocks to be allocated for the directory of a PDS.
- Server
- This setting applies when creating files on the server's system (for example, with a PUT subcommand).
- Client
- This setting applies when creating files on the client's system (for example, with a GET subcommand).
Syntax
.-DIRECTORY 27--------. >>-+---------------------+------------------------------------->< '-DIRECTORY--+------+-' '-size-'
Parameters
- size
- The number of directory blocks to be allocated for the directory of a PDS. The valid range is 1 - 16 777 215 blocks (the operating system maximum). The default is 27.
Examples
Allocate a PDS with 15 directory
blocks:
Directory 15Specify DIRECTORY
with no value to allow the directory information from an SMS dataclass
to be used:
DIRECTORYUsage notes
- If you specify no value for the size, FTP does not specify the number of directory blocks to be allocated for the directory of a PDS.
- You should specify no value for the size if the DATACLASS statement is specified and the directory from the SMS data class is to be used.
Related topics
- DATACLASS (FTP client and server) statement
- DSNTYPE (FTP client and server) statement
- EATTR (FTP client and server) statement
- MGMTCLASS (FTP client and server) statement
- PDSTYPE (FTP client and server) statement
- STORCLASS (FTP client and server) statement
- See the storage management subsystem (SMS) information in z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration Guide for more information about specifying attributes when allocating new data sets.