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How to create a FB and FBA in jcl as well as cobol.

 
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keane

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:17 pm    Post subject: How to create a FB and FBA in jcl as well as cobol.
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i am getting a proble with fb

see the below code

OUTFILE DD DSN=xxx.program.xxxx,
DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=133,BLKSIZE=0),
UNIT=TSTDA,SPACE=(TRK,(001,001),RLSE)

In the above code RECFM is fb but it creats the outfile as FBA, i don't know how it is creating with FBA instead of FB, could you please explain
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:17 pm    Post subject: Re: How to create a FB and FBA in jcl as well as cobol. Reply with quote
Craq Giegerich

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:30 pm    Post subject: Re: How to create a FB and FBA in jcl as well as cobol.
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keane wrote:
i am getting a proble with fb

see the below code

OUTFILE DD DSN=xxx.program.xxxx,
DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=133,BLKSIZE=0),
UNIT=TSTDA,SPACE=(TRK,(001,001),RLSE)

In the above code RECFM is fb but it creats the outfile as FBA, i don't know how it is creating with FBA instead of FB, could you please explain


In ypur program you are doing a write after advancing.
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