IBM S544-5285-01 manual Instructs Acif Scan Every Record, Looking, ‘Account’, ‘Page

condition and terminates processing if an ‘*’ is sp with anytrigger n parameter other trigger1than . The supported range of valuesrecordforis 0 to 255.

column

Specifies*

the

byte offset from the beginning

of

where the trigger value is located. This value c

specified

in

absolute

terms

(for

example,

10)

or

which

results

in ACIF scanning the record from

left

right

looking

for

the

trigger

value.

A

value of 1

the first byte in the record. For files containi

carriage-control characters, column 1 refers to the

carriage-control. The supported range of values for

column

are

1

to

32756.

ACIF

compares

the

trigger

to the input data. If the specified value exce

physical length of the record, ACIF considers the

comparison

“false”

and

continues

processing.

'trigger value' X'trigger value'

Specifies the actual alphanumeric (case-sensitive) o

hexadecimal

value

of

the

trigger.

ACIF

does

not

any validity checking on this value, but uses it

performing

a

byte-for-byte

comparison

with

the

rec

in the file. The trigger value can be 1–253

byte

length.

If

the

combinedcolumnvaluesandof the

trigger

length exceed the physical length of the record,

considers the comparison “false” and continues

processing.

For example, to use a

carriage-control

character

as

a

trig

enter:

trigger1=\,1,'1'

/\ Look for Skip-to-Channel 1

trigger2=ð,5ð,'ACCOUNT:'

/\ Find account number

trigger3=3,75,'PAGE 1'

/\ Find page 1

In this

example,trigger1

instructs ACIF

to

scan

every

record,

look

for the occurrence'1' inofthe first byte. After ACIF locates

containing the'1', it		looks in the same record,			starting	at	by
the	occurrence of	‘ACCOUNT:’.	If ‘ACCOUNT:’	is	found,	ACIF	look
the	third record	down for	a value of	‘PAGE	1’, starting		at

‘PAGE 1’ is found, ACIF defines the recordtrigger1 containingas the indexing anchor record, and all indexing information is specif

relative		locations relative					from	this	point.
If	ACIF	finds		either		‘ACCOUNT:’		or ‘PAGE 1’, ACIF begins scanni
the	first		record		after		the	farthest		field	specified. I
or	‘PAGE	1’	are	not	found		at their		specified		locations rela
trigger1 ,		ACIF begins lookingtrigger1for						again, starting with the next
record		(that is,			the	current		recordtrigger1		+containing1).

Chapter 2. Using ACIF Parameters 47in AIX