SYSPRINT DD Statement

IEBCOPY writes a log of the control statements and its actions to the SYSPRINT DD statement. IEBCOPY proceeds if SYSPRINT is unusable and issues summary messages to the console.

You may assign SYSPRINT to SYSOUT or to any QSAM data set. These are the valid DCB parameters you may specify:

DSORG=PS: The output always has sequential organization.
RECFM=[F|FB|V|VB|FA|FBA|VA|VBA]: The record format may be fixed, fixed blocked, and variable or variable blocked. Any of these record formats can be specified to include ISO/ANSI control characters (for example, VBA instead of VB).
LRECL=: The minimum logical record length that you may specify is 60 for fixed length, or 64 for variable length. The maximum is 250.
BLKSIZE=: If you are using fixed blocked records, the block size may be any multiple of the logical record length. If you are using variable or variable blocked records, the block size must be a minimum of the logical record length plus four. The block size cannot exceed 32760 bytes.

If you do not specify anything for DCB parameters, and the data set label has no DCB parameters, IEBCOPY will choose RECFM=FBA, LRECL=121, and a block size. When the output device is DASD or a standard labeled tape, the system will determine the block size to be used. When the output device is not DASD or a standard labeled tape, IEBCOPY will use the largest value that will work for the specific device, adjusted as needed for the RECFM.

If you specify any parameters other than those that IEBCOPY would choose, IEBCOPY will adapt to them. It will choose a variable format record if you omit the RECFM, and it will choose a LRECL and BLKSIZE consistent with the RECFM and any LRECL or BLKSIZE that you give it.

Tip: Giving LRECL a value that is 1-byte less than the width of your TSO terminal will allow you to view entire records from a listing without scrolling left or right.