Hi Gravin,

The last file I was altering it to a larger size
PHRIST WAS 95% FULL.

FIRST TRYIED
MPEX
%ALTFILE PRHIST;FLIMIT=(EOF*1.60)

THIS JOB GOT ABORTED AFTER 4+ HOURS OF PROCESSING IN A JOB STREAM.

SECOND TRY

COPY PRHIST,PHRISTA    (TOKE ABOUT 5 SECONDS )

FILE PHRISTA,OLD;SAVE
PURGE *PHRISTA
RESET PHRISTA
  ( THE ABOVE COMMANDS TOKE LESS THEN 3 SECONDS TO RUN)

MPEX
%ALTFILE PRHISTA;FLIMIT=210000     (TOKE ABOUT 10 SECONDS )

RENAME PRHIST,PRHISTB
RENAME PRHISTA,PRHIST
   ( THIS TOKE ABOUT 5 SECONDS TOTAL )

FCOPY FROM=PRHISTB;TO=PRHIST  ( TOKE ABOUT 3 HOURS )

LF PRHIST@

ACCOUNT=  ANOD        GROUP=  PROD

FILENAME  CODE  ------------LOGICAL RECORD-----------  ----SPACE----
--DAYS--
                  SIZE  TYP        EOF      LIMIT R/B  SECTORS #X MX   ACC
MOD

PRHIST    KSAM    274B  FAK     123333     210000  14   242176 122  *
1    1
PRHISTB   KSAM    274B  FAK     123386     130000  14   238848 61  *     1
1

GROUP     TOTAL:     2 FILES      117 MEGABYTES         481024 SECTORS


Gavin Scott wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > We have upgraded from 6.0 to 6.5 about 3 month ago.  Ever sent then I
> > have noticed that fcopy takes a vary long long time.  This is also true
> > in MPE altfile  command.   Fcopy on a 100,000 record file used to take
> > less then 5 minutes, now it can takes over 3 hours.
>
> It's more than 36 *times* slower than before?
>
> Can you tell me the attributes of the file(s) involved and the :FCOPY
> command syntax that you're using so I can try the same thing here?
>
> Also the MPEX altfile command you tried.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gavin