IBM Understanding ALWNULL and FMSYSOPTS in Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS

24IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS User’s Guide

SNODENVIRN	TDSN	Format	Special Considerations
	Integrated File System		You cannot specify the *SNDFFD,
	‘/QSYS.LIB/library-name.LIB /file-name.FILE		*SELECT, and *EXCLUDE parameters
	/member-name.MBR’		with the integrated file system.
	or
	‘/directory/file-name /QLANSrv/file-name
	/QDLS/folder-name /QOpenSys/file-name’
	Spool File Support		Do not use member names longer than
			eight characters when sending to z/OS,
	spooled-file-name		VSE, and MSP. The results are
			unpredictable.
OS/390, VSE,	Standard z/OS DSN naming conventions.		Single quotes allow special characters. Do
MSP, MVS			not use member names longer than eight
			characters. The results are unpredictable.
VM	Fully qualified file-name
Tandem	\system.$volume.subvolume.filename
Microsoft	drive:\directory\subdirectory\filename
Windows	or
	\\servername\sharepointname\subdirectory\fil
	ename
UNIX	/directory/subdirectory/filename
OpenVMS	node::device:[directory]filename.type;version		When you are copying a file, the file
			specification must be enclosed in single
			quotation marks if it uses spaces or other
			special characters not recognized by the
			other node.
Stratus VOS	Fully qualified path and file name		Enclose the file name in double quotation
			marks when you use a reserved word
			(statement name or keyword) for the file
			name.

FMSYSOPTS(‘

PRECMPR(*YES *NO) EXITCMD(valid i5/OS command) FAILCMD(valid i5/OS command) SNDFFD(*YES *NO) TEXTFILE(*YES *NO) TYPE(FILE MBR OBJ) XTRAN(table-name) CODEPAGE(nnnnn,nnnnn)[XTRANLSO(so-code) XTRANLSI(si-code XTRANLDATA(MIXED DBCS)XTRANPAD(pc)] CCSID(nnnnn) EORCHAR(xxxx) ALWNULL(Y)’) specifies sending system operations. If you omit this parameter, Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS assumes ‘TYPE(FILE)’. The maximum number of characters for FMSYSOPTS is 2K.

Note: All FMSYSOPTS keyword values must be enclosed in parentheses. The entire

FMSYSOPTS string must be enclosed in single quotes, for example,

FMSYSOPTS(‘TYPE(FILE) SNDFFD(*YES)’).

PRECMPR(*YES*NO) specifies that the file being sent has previously been compressed using the CDCOMP command. This option PRECMPR(*YES) cannot be specified if a secured copy function is being performed using Sterling Connect:Direct Secure Plus. To send a file that has been compressed, you must specify the PRECMPR(*YES) parameter with the CDSND command. For information about how to compress files, refer to Chapter 9, Compressing Files.

Note: Ensure that the output file contains no members before you execute CDCOMP.