Accessing Tape Devices

*..

1 ...

+...

2 ...

+

... 3 ...

+

... 4

...+...

5 ...

+...

6 ...

+...

7 ...

+...

*

FFilename++IPEASFRlen+LKlen+AIDevice+.Keywords+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

FPRINT

O

F

132

 

PRINTER PRTCTL(LINE)

 

 

 

 

 

*..

1 ...

+...

2 ...

+

... 3 ...

+

... 4

...+...

5 ...

+...

6 ...

+...

7 ...

+...

*

DName+++++++++++ETDsFrom+++To/L+++IDc.Keywords+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

DLINE

 

 

DS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D SpBefore

 

 

1

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D SpAfter

 

 

 

4

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D SkBefore

 

 

7

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D SkAfter

 

 

 

10

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D CurLine

 

 

 

13

 

15

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*..

1 ...

+...

2 ...

+

... 3 ...

+

... 4

...+...

5 ...

+...

6 ...

+...

7 ...

+...

*

CL0N01Factor1+++++++Opcode(E)+Factor2+++++++Result++++++++Len++D+HiLoEq.￿

...

C

 

 

 

 

EXCEPT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

01CurLine

 

 

COMP

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

 

C01

CAN

49

 

 

 

MOVE

 

'3'

 

SpAfter

 

 

 

 

 

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1 ...

+...

2

...+

... 3 ...

+

... 4 ...

+...

5 ...

+...

6 ...

+...

7 ...

+...

*

OFilename++DF..N01N02N03Excnam++++B++A++Sb+Sa+

 

 

 

 

 

OPRINT

E

 

01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

 

 

N01N02N03Field+++++++++YB.End++PConstant/editword/DTforma￿t++

O

 

 

 

 

DATA

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure

161.

Example of the PRTCTL Option

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the file description specifications,

the PRTCTL keyword is specifi

PRINT

file.

The

name

of

the associated

data

structure is

LINE.

 

The LINE data structure is defined on

the input specifications as h

subfields

that

are

 

predefined

for

the

PRTCTL data structure. The f

in positions 1 through 12 are used to

supply space and skip informa

generally

specified

 

in

positions

40

through

51

of

the

output specifi

PRTCTL

 

keyword

allows

you

to

change

these

specifications

within

the

pr

In

this

example,

the

value

in

the

SpAfter

subfield is

changed

to

3

the

CurLine (current

line

count

value)

subfield

is

equal

to

10.

(Assum

cator

01

was

set

on

 

as

a

record

 

identifying

indicator.)

 

 

 

Accessing Tape Devices

Use the SEQ device specifications whenever you write to a tape fi variable-length records to a tape file, use the RCDBLKFMT parameter of command CRTTAPF or OVRTAPF. When you use the RCDBLKFMT parameter,

the length of each record to be written to tape is determined by

¹

the

highest

end

position specified in the output specifications

¹

if

you

do

not

specify

an end position, the compiler calculates t

 

from

the

length

of the

fields.

Read variable-length records from tape just like you would read rec sequentially organized file. Ensure the record length specified on t specification accommodates the longest record in the file.

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IBM AS/400 manual Accessing Tape Devices, Print, File Name Associated Data Structure is, Line

AS/400 specifications

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