Mike Hornsby wrote:
>
> Contigvol is not a defragmenter because it only identifies sets of
> files, that if purged will create a given free area.
>
> In practice you have to
> 1)change contigvol's list into an indirect store list
> 2)store and purge the suggested files
> 3)build a takespace file
> 4)restore the files from step #2
 
From this decription I assume you mismatch the CONTIGXL program with
VOLUTIL's CONTIGVOL command. (available in MPE/iX 5.0 and 4.0 with
a later PowerPatch).
 
> Volutil needs to have the capability to condense a volume more importantly
That is what is available from VOLUTIL : condensing, not defragging.
 
> volutil needs to have the capability to logically remove a volume from a
> volume set.
 
That is really one of the more complicated things on the wish list, and
maybe vurtually impossible for the system volume set.
 
Goetz