Explanation
FREE CYLINDERS cccc
FREE TRACKS tttt
FREE EXTENTS nnnn
LARGEST FREE EXTENT (CYL,TRK) cccc,tttt
FRAGMENTATION INDEX 0.fff
PERCENT FREE SPACE pp
The
DEFRAG function issues this message at the beginning of the task.
This message is also issued when the CHECKVTOC keyword is specified
for DUMP or COPY. The following values are in decimal:
- cccc the number of complete free cylinders
- tttt the number of free tracks in addition
to free cylinders
- nnnn the number of free extents on the volume
- cccc,tttt the size of the largest free extent
in cylinders and additional tracks
- .fff the fragmentation index. This index can
be a value between 0.000 and 1.000, for which a higher value indicates
a higher level of fragmentation.
- pp the percentage of free space on the volume
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