Initialization data set formats
The initialization input data sets can be partitioned data set (PDS) members or sequential data sets. They can be a concatenated series of data sets. Define them with a record length of 80 bytes, where:
- Only columns 1 through 72 are significant. Columns 73 through 80 are ignored.
- Records with an asterisk (*) in column 1 are interpreted as comments and are ignored.
- Blank records are ignored.
- Each command must start on a new record.
- A trailing - means continue from column 1 of the next record.
- A trailing + means continue from the first non-blank column of the next record.
- The maximum number of characters permitted in a command is 32 762.
The initialization output data sets are sequential data sets, with a record length of 125, a record format of VBA, and a block size of 629.