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Input Processing Summary of RECORD Command Parameters
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Points to note
Note the following when using the RECORD command:
• LENGTH
May be overridden by ANSI or IBM OS/Standard labels that specify record length.
• LTHFLD, OFFSET, FORMAT, and PREAMBLE
The values for these may be overridden if STRUCTURE is changed as the result of
ANSI or IBM OS/Standard label processing.
• CONSTANT and STRUCTURE
CONSTANT may be enabled as the result of STRUCTURE being changed to U in label
processing. However, no definition is assumed for the constant string. The default must
be zero, or it must be defined in the job descriptor entry.
The LENGTH on a 4 by 3 packed format tape is the number of 6-bit bytes or characters
in the record.
• LINE command, DATA parameter, and RECORD command LENGTH parameter
When the DATA parameter of the LINE command is changed to a value greater than
the default value, the LENGTH parameter of the RECORD command must also be
changed accordingly.
For online processing, print position indexing must not be used if LENGTH greater than
150 is specified.
• Online versus offline JDLs
An offline JDL statement set that modifies the system default values, specifically in the
BLOCK or RECORD commands, may experience incorrect results if running an online
job (JDE). In other words, if an online job (JDE) is called out in an offline JDL that has
changed the system default values (of the BLOCK and RECORD command parame-
ters), the job may not print correctly. It is best, then, to separate and run online and of-
fline jobs (JDEs) independently from each other.
STRUCTURE=
structure-type
structure-type
May be any of the following:
FB (fixed length blocked)
F (fixed length)
V (variable length)
VB (variable length blocked)
For offline processing, the tape label contents may
override this parameter.
The default is FB.
Y N N
Parameter Definition(s) Offline Online DJDE