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sangiah
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what are the possible RECFM ?
RECFM=FB
RECFM=VB |
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shinjini_t
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RECFM=F/FB/V/VB/U/T are the various record formats.
U indicates that the records are undefined length.
V indicates that the records are variable length.
VS indicates that the records are variable length and spanned.
VBS indicates that the records are variable length, blocked, and spanned, and that the problem program must block and segment the records.
F indicates that the records are fixed length.
FB Indicates blocked fixed-length records.
T indicates that the records may be written using the track-overflow feature. |
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kanak
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Possible Value for RECFM
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RECFM
Value
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F
FB
FBS
FBT
FBST
FS
FT
V
VB
VBS
VBT
VBST
VS
VT
U
UT |
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superk
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You forgot to mention:
FA
FBA
VA
VBA
FM
FBM
VM
VBM
where A is ANSI Print Control and M is Machine Print Control. |
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chakrimf
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F - Fixed
FB - Fixed Blocked
V - Variable
VB - Variable Blocked
FBA - Fixed Block with carriage control as first character
VBA - Variable Block with carriage control as first character
U - Undefined |
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i413678
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Hi,
Normally U-undefined is used for load libraries.
pavan |
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sudhakar_lendave
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can someone please tell me,
what is the relation between the LRECL and BLKSIZE
for various RECFM's discussed here..?
Thanks in advance. |
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swapnakotar
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| sudhakar_lendave wrote: |
can someone please tell me,
what is the relation between the LRECL and BLKSIZE
for various RECFM's discussed here..?
Thanks in advance. |
Hai,
all
LRECL is the logical record lengt it willbe 80 for fixed record length ,
BLKSIZE is the block size it will be the LRECL*100
THANKS,
swapna. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello Swapna and welcome to the forums,
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| BLKSIZE is the block size it will be the LRECL*100 |
Not necessarily. For fixed lentgh records, BLKZISE should be a multiple of lrecl.
Once upon a time it was important to calculate an efficient block size so the least amojnt of dasd space would be wasted. These days the system will generate an effecisnt blocksize, so the jcl need not specify one. |
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murmohk1
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Swapna,
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| LRECL is the logical record lengt it willbe 80 for fixed record length , |
I want LRECL to be 32000 (say)..... how can I achive this?
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| BLKSIZE is the block size it eill be the LRECL*100 |
Why can't block size be in multiples of 30 (say). |
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sudhakar_lendave
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Still i am searching for the answer..
Dick,
If system finds the eficient Blksize, then what is the meaning of
F(fixed length records).
FB (blocked fixed-length records.)
and FBA ....
so as for V, VB, VBA
in context of BLKSIZE?
Plz let me know if i am on wrong track! |
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khamarutheen
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Hi,
I see a JCL with below DCB ... Is it mean that Blocksize is recognized by system??? If not if it is 0 then how does it work??
DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=20,BLKSIZE=0)
I have thought in my training that if it is VB the we should mention the BLKSIZE where 4 bytes will be allocated if it is VB ..
Can any one clear me !!! |
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murmohk1
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khamaurutheen,
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| Is it mean that Blocksize is recognized by system |
As Dick highlighted, System generates the efficient block size. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
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then what is the meaning of
F(fixed length records).
FB (blocked fixed-length records.)
and FBA ....
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F would be fixed-length, unblocked. It is rarely used, but if specified, lrecl will equal blksize.
FB would be fixed-length, blocked. This puts multiple logical records in a physical block, greatly reducing input/output operations. When blocking records, a blksize should be used that wastes little space. As mentioned previously, the system will generate an efficient blksize.
FBA is basically the same ad FB except that printer control characters are in the first byte of each record.
The Vs asre similar. |
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sudhakar_lendave
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Thanks Dick.
That's what i was searching for. |
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dick scherrer
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You're welcome  |
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