Specifying the associated data file: SYSADATA

If you do not issue a SYSADATA FILEDEF command before the ASMAHL command, the ASMAHL command issues the following FILEDEF command:

FILEDEF SYSADATA DISK fn SYSADATA m1 (RECFM VB LRECL 32756 BLOCK 32760

where fn is the file name specified on the ASMAHL command, and if the assembler source file (SYSIN input) is not on disk or is on a read-only disk, the file mode m is set to the first available read/write disk. If the source file is on a read/write disk, the mode letter m is set to the mode of that read/write disk. For example, if the source file is on a read/write B disk, the file mode m1 is set to “B1”.

The recommended minimum LRECL for the SYSADATA data file is 8188.

A FILEDEF command for SYSADATA can be issued before the ASMAHL command is issued to direct the associated data output to a different file.