IBM S544-5285-01 manual As the default, Record, n, Rdw, Stream

ŸThe first field in the example is located in the index

recordtrigger1( ). The field is 20 bytes in length starting second byte of the record.

ŸThe second field is located five records down from the

anchor record. The field is 10 bytes in length starting byte of the record.

ŸThe third field is located 15 records before the inde

record. It is 5 bytes in length starting at byte 30.

ŸThe fourth and fifth fields are literal (constant) values field is specified in ASCII, while the fifth field is hexadecimal (for example, EBCDIC) data.

For more information about using data values or literal values indexing, refer to “Indexing with Data Values” on page 11, “Indexing with Literal Values” on page 12.

ACIF allows fields to be defined but never referenced as index. Because ACIF requires eithertrigger a fieldtoappearor on

the first page of a group (for example, a bank statement) satisfy this requirement by defining a “dummy” field. This allows ACIF to determine the beginning page of a group, but used as part of an index.

fileformat={record record,	n	stream	stream,(newline=X 'nn ')}
Specifies	the	format	of the input file. fileformatIf you, do not s
theacif command		usestream	as the default.

The fileformat parameter does not apply to input files that a resources. Resource files are in MO:DCA-P or AFP data stream format, and acifthe command automatically determines that the file a resource. Values are:

record

The

input

file

is formatted

in

S/370

record

format,

the first two bytes of each line, called the re

descriptor

word

(RDW),

specify

the

length

of

the

Files

withrecord

format

typically

are MVS or VM files

have

a

variable

record

format,

and

that

are

NFS-mou

to

AIX.

record, n

The

input file is formatted in such a way that e

(including AFP data stream and

MO:DCA-P records) is a

fixed length,bytes long. The nvalueis

aof number

from

1 to 32767, and specifies the fixed length

entire

record,

excluding

the

RDW.

The

encapsulated

of

the

AFP

structured

field

must be less than the

n .

Files withrecord,

n

format

typically

come

with

fixed-length file attributes

from

a

S/370

host

syst

MVS

or

VM.

stream

The

input file has no length

information; it is a s

data

separated

by

a

newline

character.

The

AFP po

of

the input file has its length information encapsu

the

structured

field.streamFiles formatwith

typically

come

from

a workstation

operating

system

like

AIX,

or

DOS.

Chapter

2.

Using ACIF

Parameters

33in

AIX