CABDD control statement

This statement must be the first statement in a group of statements.

The CABDD control statement can have one of the following formats:

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CABDD ddname
      ‘pattern’
      *ALL
      *HD
      *HS
      *PHD

Position

Description

1

Code the CABDD keyword to change the CAB buffering parameters for the set of data sets determined from the value specified in the operand of the statement.

7

This required entry identifies a set of data sets to which the succeeding CAB control statements apply. Code one of the following keywords:

ddname

Indicates that the succeeding CAB control statements apply to the data set whose DD name is ddname.

'pattern'

Indicates that the succeeding CAB control statements apply to the data sets whose DD names match the wildcard string pattern.

The pattern is a string of alphanumeric characters, including wildcard characters. You can use two kinds of wildcard character: an asterisk (*) and a percent (%) symbol. An asterisk is treated as a sequence of 0 to 8 characters; and, a percent symbol is treated as a single character. If two or more asterisks are specified sequentially, only the first asterisk is recognized. You cannot specify asterisks and percent symbols simultaneously.

The pattern string must be enclosed by single quotation marks.

*ALL

Indicates that the succeeding CAB control statements apply to all ESDSs, OSAM data sets, or OSAM LDSs.

*HD

Indicates that the succeeding CAB control statements apply to all ESDSs, OSAM data sets, or OSAM LDSs of all HD databases, including PHDAM and PHIDAM databases.

*HS

Indicates that the succeeding CAB control statements apply to all ESDS data sets of all HISAM databases.

*PHD

Indicates that the succeeding CAB control statements apply to all ESDS, OSAM data sets, or OSAM LDSs of all PHIDAM and PHDAM databases.