significance of the prefix UTS-S-

umeshkmrsh · New User Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 79 Location: India

I have noticed that sometimes programmer use prefix with the ddname of the file in file section.
Such as:

SELECT PICKLIST-EXTRACT ASSIGN TO UTS-S-PICKEXTR.

Now my question is: Is there any significance of the prefix UTS-S- or it is just for the documentation purpose?
I tried some other arbitrary prefix and my program ran successfully. To me it looks to be just a convention to increase readability.

You all are requested to clarify it.

Title changed from "SELECT <file-name> ASSIGN TO <ddname>" to "significance of the prefix UTS-S- " : Priyesh.

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:24 pm

UTS : Denotes for Utility used for File (Such as TAPE/DASD)
S : Denotes Sequential Access

Regards,

Priyesh.

umeshkmrsh · New User Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 79 Location: India

But is there any importance of this prefix. I tried by giving any prefix say my name and still it compiles and runs successfully?

Could you provide me list of commonly used prefixes.