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	one ®eld is found in the record, it is assumed to be the ªphysical volserº. If the
	logical volser is not speci®ed and an import option is speci®ed, both delimiter
	characters are required.
Table 39. Import List File Record
Name	Description
Volser	The volume serial number of a Exported Stacked Volume to be imported. The VTS will use
	up to six characters to identify the volser, starting with the ®rst non-blank character and
	continuing until a blank character has been found or the ®eld delimiter character is found.
	Valid characters are A-Z, 0-9, and embedded blanks are not allowed. Note: If the volser
	speci®ed is less than six characters, when used by the VTS it is padded on the right to form
	a six character ®eld. If the volser is greater than six characters, the volume will not be
	imported and a Status File record is written with a Status Code of 01 and with the ®rst 13
	bytes of the list record.
Field Delimiter	Comma character required if a logical volser or import option is speci®ed.
Logical Volser	The volume serial number of a logical volume to be imported. The VTS will use six
	characters to identify the volser, starting with the ®rst non-blank character after the delimiter
	comma and continuing until six contiguous non-blank characters have been found. Valid
	characters are A-Z, 0-9. The search for six contiguous non-blank characters continues until a
	blank or delimiter comma character is found. This ®eld may be all blanks or not contain any
	characters between the ®eld delimiters, in which case all logical volumes on the speci®ed
	Exported Stacked Volume will be imported.
	Note: Note: If the Volser found is not six characters, or contains non-valid characters, a
	Status File record is written with a Status Code of X©1E© and with the ®rst 13 bytes of the	list
	record.
Field Delimiter	Comma character required if an import option other than blank is speci®ed.
Import Option	This ®eld contains blanks or a keyword that de®nes how the logical volume is to be imported
	and begins with the ®rst non-blank character found after the second Field Delimiter comma
	and continues through byte 71 of the record.
	v If the Field Delimiter comma is not present, only blanks are allowed and if the comma is
	present and only blanks are found, then the data contents of the logical volume or
	contents of all logical volumes (if only the physical volser was speci®ed) is copied into the
	VTS subsystem and fragment ®le entries and library manager inventory records are
	created.
	v If the ®rst non-blank characters found are ªSCRATCHº, the data contents is not copied
	and a fragment ®le and library manager inventory records are created. The ªSCRATCHº
	option should be used when the data is known to have been expired and will not be
	accessed after the logical volume is imported.
	v If the ®rst non-blank characters found are ªINITIALIZEº, only library manager inventory
	records are created. The ªINITIALIZEº option should be used when the logical volume is
	to be reinitialized and any prior data discarded.
	Note: Characters found in the Import Option ®eld after the keywords of ªSCRATCHº or
	ªINITIALIZEº will be ignored.
	Note: If other than all blanks (with or without the second Field Delimiter comma),
	ªSCRATCHº or ªINITIALIZEº with characters to be ignored are found prior to byte 72, the
	volume is not imported and a Status File record is written with a Status Code of 25 and with
	the ®rst 13 bytes of the list record..
User Field	Bytes 72-79 of the 80 byte record are not used or checked by the VTS. This ®eld may
	contain line numbers for volume lists.

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