OPTIONS

Table 1. Valid subentries for the OPTIONS entry
Subentry name Maximum length (decimal) Description
AMS 8 Specifies the name of the UTILITY entry that SMP/E is to use to obtain information when calling the Access Method Services (AMS) utility.
ASM 8 Specifies the name of the UTILITY entry that SMP/E is to use to obtain information when calling the assembler utility.
CHANGEFILE 3 Specifies whether library change file records should be created during APPLY and RESTORE processing (YES or NO)
COMP 8 Specifies the name of the UTILITY entry that SMP/E is to use to obtain information when calling the utility program to compress data sets.
COMPACT 3 Specifies whether SMPPTS members should be compacted during RECEIVE and GZONEMERGE command processing (YES or NO)
COPY 8 Specifies the name of the UTILITY entry that SMP/E is to use to obtain information when calling the copy utility.
DSPREFIX 26 Specifies the data set prefix to be used to construct the full data set name when SMPTLIB data sets are being allocated for RELFILEs.
DSSPACE 14 Specifies the primary and secondary space allocation (in tracks) and the number of directory blocks to be allocated for each SMPTLIB data set. It is in the format primary,secondary,directory, nnnn,nnnn,nnnn.
ENAME 8 Name of the entry.
EXRTYDD * A linked list containing ddnames ineligible for retry processing after an x37 abend. Each ddname may be up to 8 bytes in length.
FIXCAT * A linked list that contains the Fix Categories whose HOLDDATA is considered during APPLY, ACCEPT, and REPORT MISSINGFIX command processing. Each value can be up to 64 bytes in length.
HFSCOPY 8 Specifies the name of the UTILITY entry that SMP/E is to use to obtain information when calling the hierarchical file system copy utility.
IOSUP 8 Specifies the name of the UTILITY entry that SMP/E is to use to obtain information when calling the IEHIOSUP utility program to process maintenance for an OS/VS1 system.
LKED 8 Specifies the name of the UTILITY entry that SMP/E is to use to obtain information when calling the link-edit utility.
MSGFILTER 3 Specifies whether messages issued to SMPOUT should be filtered.
MSGWIDTH 7 Specifies the width in which the message issued to SMPOUT should be formatted.
NOPURGE 3 Indicates whether after SMP/E accepts SYSMODS, it should not delete the associated global zone SYSMOD entries, SMPPTS MCS entries, or SMPTLIB data sets (YES or NO).
NOREJECT 3 Specifies that the global zone SYSMOD entry and the associated MCS entry should not be deleted after the SYSMOD is restored. (YES or NO).
ORDERRET 4 Indicates the retention period, in days, that ORDER entries are kept in the global zone before being deleted.
PAGELEN 4 Specifies the page length for SMPHRPT, SMPLIST, SMPOUT, and SMPRPT.
PEMAX 4 Specifies the maximum number of subentries that can be present in any CSI entry.
RECZGRP * A linked list containing 8-byte zone and zoneset names eligible for APPLYCHECK and ACCEPTCHECK processing during the SYSMOD selection phase of RECEIVE.
RECEXCGRP * A linked list containing 8-byte zone and zoneset names not eligible for APPLYCHECK and ACCEPTCHECK processing during the SYSMOD selection phase of RECEIVE.
RETRY 8 Specifies the name of the UTILITY entry that SMP/E is to use to obtain information when calling the utility program to compress a data set after an x37 abend.
RETRYDDN * A linked list containing ddnames eligible for retry processing after an x37 abend. Each ddname may be up to 8 bytes in length.
SAVEMTS 3 Indicates whether MTSMAC entries should be deleted from the SMPMTS after the SYSMODs that affect those macros have been successfully accepted (YES or NO).
SAVESTS 3 Indicates whether STSSRC entries should be deleted from the SMPSTS after the SYSMODs that affect the source have been successfully accepted (YES or NO).
SUPPHOLD * A linked list containing 7-byte HOLD Reason IDs for which the HOLDDATA card image is not displayed in Unresolved HOLD Reason Report and Bypassed HOLD Reason Report for Apply and Accept command processing, and the SYSMOD Comparison HOLDDATA Report for REPORT SYSMODS command processing.
UPDATE 8 Specifies the name of the UTILITY entry that SMP/E is to use to obtain information when calling the update utility.
ZAP 8 Specifies the name of the UTILITY entry that SMP/E is to use to obtain information when calling the superzap utility.