AWO

AWO affects whether the APPLY-WRITE-ONLY clause is activated for physical-sequential files that have variable blocked format.

Default

AWO=NO

YES

Activates the APPLY-WRITE-ONLY clause for any file within the program that is physical sequential with variable block format regardless of whether or not the APPLY-WRITE-ONLY clause is specified in the program.

Performance consideration: Using AWO=YES generally results in fewer calls to Data Management Services for runtime files when handling input and output.

NO

Does not activate the APPLY-WRITE-ONLY clause for any file within the program that is physical sequential with variable block format unless the APPLY-WRITE-ONLY clause is specified in the program.