AFRREBLK command

You can issue the AFRREBLK command on the TSO command line or from a data set selection list in ISPF 3.4. The command syntax for the AFRREBLK command is:

AFRREBLK input_dsn [output_dsn] [ ( [FONTLIB fontlib] [NOMSG] [DEL] [LL] [TSOERROR] ) ]

The values are:

input_dsn

Specifies the name of the sequential or partitioned data set that is to be reblocked. Partitioned data set names must include a member name.

For example, if you uploaded GRTNOVEL.UPLD from your workstation to z/OS®, you would issue this command to reblock the file:

AFRREBLK userid.GRTNOVEL.UPLD

Note:

AFRREBLK reserves AFPDS for use as an output data set name extension; therefore, you must not use it as the third qualifier for the input data set name.

output_dsn

Specifies an optional output data set name. It is the fully-qualified name of a sequential or partitioned data set, without quotation marks. Partitioned data set names must include a member name.

If the output data set name exists, it is used as a fully-qualified name. Otherwise, a new data set is allocated, prefixed by the user ID. To change the user ID, refer to the customize information in the AFRREBLK REXX program.

If this value is not specified, the value in the AFRREBLK profile is used. If no value can be determined from the profile, a sequential output data set is allocated with a first qualifier of your user ID, the same second qualifier as the input data set, and a third qualifier determined by the AFP object type. If the reblocking program does not recognize the AFP object type, it sets the third qualifier to AFPDS.

FONTLIB fontlib

Specifies the output font library, where fontlib is: UB, 240, 300, or OLN.

FONT is prefixed to the fontlib value to form a keyword that is used to find the library name in the AFRREBLK profile. For example, when 240 is specified, the data set the FONT240 keyword specifies in the profile is used by the reblocking program.

You must specify this value if the file is a code page or coded font, because, unlike other AFP objects, code pages and coded fonts do not contain any information that lets AFRREBLK determine the library. AFRREBLK prompts you for the FONTLIB value if you do not specify it for code pages and coded fonts. For other files, the FONTLIB value is ignored if you specify it.

NOMSG

Specifies that messages are not displayed.

DEL

Specifies that a sequential input data set is deleted after processing. DEL is ignored if the input data set is partitioned.

LL

Specifies that each record is preceded by a two-byte logical length field. The logical length field is stripped from the output.

TSOERROR

Specifies that the TSO message facility is turned on to display any error messages from TSO commands that this program uses.