After using the LISTF command with the SAVEABLE option on the
     group which contained our production Image databases I discovered
     that I may be able to recover about 15% disk space.  While I
     would like to just go ahead and use the ALTFILE;XLTRIM command I
     am a bit cautious about doing it.

     I realize that XLTRIM will not change the file limit and I am
     assuming it also won't change the capacity.  I am just cautious
     about doing this on our production database with out any
     guarantees.  Needless to say I will test it on our test database
     (which is MUCH smaller) and will have a good backup before I do
     it.

     My questions are:
     1. Has anyone done this before? (I would think someone has)
     2. Are there any ill effects from this?
     3. What are the dangers?
     4. Were the benefits as good as expected?
     5. Any other precautions I should take?
     6. Is there a way I can get the sectors wasted per file (like the
        DB option the LISTF command) on non-Image files?

     Here is the general info:
     MPE\iX version 5.0
     MPEX version 2.5
     Amisys version 8.?

     Thanks to everyone for their help with this!

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