Field

Name

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

segment

Shows

the

name

of

the

page

segment

 

to

 

be

 

converted

to

a

phy

 

 

 

 

 

member.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Library

 

 

Shows

 

 

the

name

of

the

library

in

which the page segment resi

 

Format

of

data

Specifies

how

data is to be placed in the

 

physical

file

 

 

 

 

 

The

possible

 

values

are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Each

record

has

one structured

field. The remainder of th

 

 

 

 

 

is

padded

 

with binary 0s. The record

length

 

of

the

file

us

 

 

 

 

 

format

is

 

the

length

of

the

 

longest

AFPDS

structured

field

in

 

 

 

 

 

page

 

segment. If

the

record

length

of

the

existing

file

is

 

 

 

 

 

the

 

length

of

the

longest

structured

field,

an

 

error

 

message

 

 

 

 

 

displayed.

If

the

record

length

of the existing file is mo

 

 

 

 

 

length of

 

the

longest

structured

field, padding

 

with

binary

 

 

 

 

 

 

This

 

format

 

is

for the VM or the MVS system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

The

 

 

structured

fields

are

filled

continuously

and

folded. Only

 

 

 

 

 

last

 

record

has

padding

characters;

the

 

padding

characters

 

 

 

 

 

binary

0s.

Any

record

length

of

the

existing

 

file

is

allowed.

 

 

 

 

 

file

 

is

created

by

AFP

Utilities

for

AS/400,

 

the

record

leng

 

 

 

 

 

file

 

is

256

bytes. This

format

is

for

the

OS/2*.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This

is

 

a

required

parameter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To

file

 

 

Specifies

the

qualified name of the physical

file

being

use

 

 

 

 

 

page

 

segment

data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

possible

 

values

are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*VM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies

 

that

the

name

PSEG38PP

is

 

used. It

will

be

 

a

valid

 

 

 

 

 

 

type

 

for

 

a

page

segment

on

 

the

VM

system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*MVS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies

 

that the name S1xxxxxx is used. The 'xxxxxx' are

 

 

 

 

 

 

six

 

 

valid

 

characters

of

the

 

name

Pagspecifiedsegment in

 

the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

prompt. It

will

be

a

valid

member

 

name

for

a

page

segment o

 

 

 

 

 

 

MVS

system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

file-name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies

 

the file name to place the page segment data.

 

 

Library

 

 

The

 

possible

values

are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*CURLIB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

 

 

current

library

for

the

 

job

is

used

to

locate

the

fil

 

 

 

 

 

 

is

specified

as

the

current

library

for

the

job,

 

library

 

 

 

 

 

library-name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specify the library where the file resides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Member

 

Specifies

the

 

name of

the

physical

file

member

 

which

is

filled

 

 

 

 

 

page

 

segment

data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

possible

 

values

are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*PAGSEG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies

 

that

the

name

of

the

page

segmentPage

shown

in

the

 

 

 

 

 

 

segment

field

is

used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

member-name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies

 

the

member

name

to

 

place

the

page

segment

data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AS/400 specifications

The IBM AS/400, now known as the IBM iSeries, is a midrange computer system that has been a cornerstone of enterprise computing since its introduction in 1988. Designed to provide a robust platform for business applications, the AS/400 is celebrated for its reliability, scalability, and integrated database capabilities.

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