Specifying input parameters
Syntax
Options
Table 2-44. RECORD OFFSET parameter options and definitions
Option
Definition
value
Specifies the number of bytes that the block length field is offset from the first
byte of the record. The value is an integer in the range 0 to LENGTH-LTHFLD –
1.
Default
Syntax
Options
Table 2-45. RECORD POSTAMBLE parameter options and definitions
Option
length
Default
Syntax
2-40
RECORD OFFSET
Specifies the location of the record length field.
RECORD OFFSET = value
0
RECORD POSTAMBLE
Specifies the length in bytes of the extraneous data at the end of
each tape record, measured from the end of the record
backwards to the end of the last logical record.
RECORD POSTAMBLE = length
Definition
An integer in the range of 0 to the record length that specifies the number of
bytes that follow the last logical record to the end of each tape record.
0
RECORD PREAMBLE
Specifies the length of the operating system portion of the
record; that is, the byte offset from the first byte of a tape record
to the first byte of the first logical record.
RECORD PREAMBLE = length
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