Specifying input parameters

RECORD OFFSET

Specifies the location of the record length field.

Syntax RECORD OFFSET = value

Options

Table 2-44. RECORD OFFSET parameter options and definitions

Option

Definition

 

 

 

 

value

Specifies the number of bytes that the block length field is offset from the first

 

byte of the record. The value is an integer in the range 0 to LENGTH-LTHFLD

 

1.

 

 

Default 0

RECORD POSTAMBLE

Specifies the length in bytes of the extraneous data at the end of each tape record, measured from the end of the record backwards to the end of the last logical record.

Syntax RECORD POSTAMBLE = length

Options

Table 2-45. RECORD POSTAMBLE parameter options and definitions

Option

Definition

 

 

 

 

length

An integer in the range of 0 to the record length that specifies the number of

 

bytes that follow the last logical record to the end of each tape record.

 

 

Default 0

RECORD PREAMBLE

Specifies the length of the operating system portion of the record; that is, the byte offset from the first byte of a tape record to the first byte of the first logical record.

Syntax RECORD PREAMBLE = length

2-40

Using LCDS Print Description Language

Page 148
Image 148
Xerox FreeFlow manual Options 44. Record Offset parameter options and definitions, Record Postamble, Record Preamble