Adding or changing source file sequence number and date fields (SRCOPT and SRCSEQ parameters)

 

You can perform additions or changes to sequence number fields and date fields sequence number and date fields when you are copying files.

• Copying device source files to database source files
  When you copy from a device source file to a database source file, the system adds sequence number fields and date fields at the start of the records.

• Copying database source files to device source files
  When you are copying to a device source file, the system removes the date fields and the sequence number fields from the start of the records.

• Copying database source files to database source files
  When you copy database source files to database source files, you use SRCOPT(*SEQNBR) and the SRCSEQ parameter to assign sequence numbers to the copied records.

 

Parent topic:

Copying files

 

Related concepts

Specifying *ADD when copying files