Specifying input parameters

IDEN PREFIX

Defines the character string that must appear in the identification part of each DJDE record in the input data stream. When the system recognizes this character string, it examines the rest of the record for DJDE commands.

Syntax IDEN PREFIX = sc

Options

Table 2-26. IDEN PREFIX parameter options and definitions

Option

Definition

 

 

 

 

sc

string constant.

 

Specifies the search criterion for recognizing DJDE records. It is a byte string of

 

up to 255 characters represented as a hexadecimal, octal, BCD, ASCII, or

 

EBCDIC character constant.

 

Any records within the data stream that contain an identification field equal to

 

the specified prefix string sc are recognized and processed as DJDE records.

 

 

 

Default

 

No default.

 

 

IDEN SKIP

 

 

 

 

 

Defines the starting position of the DJDE commands.

Syntax IDEN SKIP = value

Options

Table 2-27. IDEN SKIP parameter options and definitions

Option

Definition

 

 

 

 

value

Specifies the number of bytes (beginning at 0) from the beginning of the user

 

portion of the record to the beginning of the DJDE parameters. It may be a

 

negative number.

 

 

Default 1

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