Parameter values for ACIF

Table 1 lists the ACIF parameters and values for the z/OS®, VM, and VSE operating systems. Underscored values are the default and are used by ACIF if no other value is specified. Not all parameters are valid in every environment; parameter values are only listed for those operating systems to which they apply.

Table 1. ACIF parameters and operating systems
ACIF Parameters Operating System See
CC={NO | YES | YES,FIX | YES,STRICT | YES,DISCARD | YES,IGNORE} z/OS, VM, VSE CC
CCTYPE={Z | A | M} z/OS, VM, VSE CCTYPE
CHARS=fontname1[,fontname2][,fontname3][,fontname4] z/OS, VM, VSE CHARS
COLORMAP=name z/OS COLORMAP
COMSETUP=name z/OS, VM COMSETUP
CPGID={500 | codepageid} z/OS, VM, VSE CPGID
DCFPAGENAMES={YES | NO} z/OS, VM, VSE DCFPAGENAMES
DUPLEX={NO | NORMAL | YES | TUMBLE} z/OS DUPLEX
EXTENSIONS={NONE | ALL | [BOX][,CELLED][,EMPTYOK] [,FRACLINE][,IDXCPGID][,PASSOID][,PASSPF][,PRCOLOR] [,RESORDER][,SPCMPRS]} VM, VSE EXTENSIONS
EXTENSIONS={NONE | ALL | [ADDTLE][,BOX][,CELLED] [,EMPTYOK][,FRACLINE][,IDXCPGID][,MVSICNV][,NOICNV] [,PASSOID][,PASSPF][,PRCOLOR][,RESORDER][,SPCMPRS]} z/OS EXTENSIONS
FDEFLIB=dsname1[,dsname2][,dsname3…] z/OS FDEFLIB--z/OS
FDEFLIB=filetype1[,filetype2][,filetype3…] VM FDEFLIB--VM
FIELDn={record,column,length} | {'literalvalue' | X'literalvalue'} z/OS, VM, VSE FIELDn
FILEFORMAT={RECORD} | (RECORD,n | STREAM[,(NEWLINE={CR | LF | CRLF | X'nnnn'}[,encoding])]} z/OS FILEFORMAT
FONTECH=UNBOUNDED z/OS, VM, VSE FONTECH
FONTLIB=dsname1[,dsname2][,dsname3…] z/OS FONTLIB--z/OS
FONTLIB=filetype1[,filetype2][,filetype3…] VM FONTLIB--VM
FONTPATH=pathlist z/OS FONTPATH
FORMDEF={fdefname | DUMMY} z/OS, VM, VSE FORMDEF
GROUPNAME={INDEX1 | INDEXn} z/OS, VM, VSE GROUPNAME
IMAGEOUT={ASIS | IOCA} z/OS, VM, VSE IMAGEOUT
INDEXn={'attributename' | X'attributename'},{FIELDn[,FIELDn…]} z/OS, VM, VSE INDEXn
INDEXDD={INDEX | ddname | 'path/filename'} z/OS, VM INDEXDD-z/OS, VM
INDEXDD={INDEX | filename (DEVT=TAPE | DISK)} VSE INDEXDD--VSE
INDEXOBJ={GROUP | ALL | NONE | BDTLY} z/OS, VM, VSE INDEXOBJ
INDEXSTARTBY={1 | nn} z/OS, VM, VSE INDEXSTARTBY
INDXEXIT=modulename z/OS, VM, VSE INDXEXIT
INPEXIT=modulename z/OS, VM, VSE INPEXIT
INPUTDD={INPUT | ddname | 'path/filename'} z/OS, VM INPUTDD-z/OS, VM
INPUTDD={INPUT | filename (LRECL=nnnn,BLKSIZE=nnnn, RECFM=F|FB| V|VB,DEVT=TAPE|DISK)} VSE INPUTDD--VSE
INSERTIMM={YES | NO} z/OS, VM, VSE INSERTIMM
LINEOFFSET={ASREAD | ASPRINTED} z/OS LINEOFFSET
MCF2REF={CPCS | CF} z/OS, VM, VSE MCF2REF
MSGDD={SYSPRINT | ddname | 'path/filename'} z/OS, VM MSGDD
OBJCONLIB=dsname1[,dsname2][,dsname3…] z/OS OBJCONLIB--z/OS
OBJCONLIB=filetype1[,filetype2][,filetype3…] VM OBJCONLIB--VM
OBJCPATH=pathlist z/OS OBJCPATH
OUTEXIT=modulename z/OS, VM, VSE OUTEXIT
OUTPUTDD={OUTPUT | ddname | 'path/filename'} z/OS, VM OUTPUTDD--z/OS, VM
OUTPUTDD={OUTPUT | filename (DEVT=TAPE | DISK)} VSE OUTPUTDD--VSE
OVLYLIB=dsname1[,dsname2][,dsname3…] z/OS OVLYLIB--z/OS
OVLYLIB=filetype1[,filetype2][,filetype3…] VM OVLYLIB--VM
PAGEDEF=pdefname z/OS, VM, VSE PAGEDEF
PARMDD={SYSIN | ddname} z/OS, VM PARMDD
PDEFLIB=dsname1[,dsname2][,dsname3…] z/OS PDEFLIB--z/OS
PDEFLIB=filetype1[,filetype2][,filetype3…] VM PDEFLIB--VM
PRMODE={SOSI1 | SOSI2 | SOSI3 | SOSI4 | aaaaaaaa} z/OS, VM, VSE PRMODE
PSEGLIB=dsname1[,dsname2][,dsname3…] z/OS PSEGLIB--z/OS
PSEGLIB=filetype1[,filetype2][,filetype3…] VM PSEGLIB--VM
RESEXIT=modulename z/OS, VM, VSE RESEXIT
RESFILE={SEQ | PDS} z/OS RESFILE
RESOBJDD={RESOBJ | ddname | 'path/filename'} z/OS, VM RESOBJDD--z/OS, VM
RESOBJDD={RESOBJ | filename (DEVT=TAPE | DISK)} VSE RESOBJDD--VSE
RESTYPE={NONE | ALL | [FDEF][,PSEG][,OVLY][,FONT] [,OBJCON][,BCOCA][,GOCA][,IOCA][,PTOCA][,CMRALL] [,CMRGEN][,INLINE][,INLONLY]} z/OS, VM, VSE RESTYPE
TRACE={YES | NO | PDS} z/OS TRACE
TRACEDD={TRACE | ddname} z/OS TRACEDD
TRC= NO | YES | YES,FIX | YES,STRICT | YES,DISCARD | YES,IGNORE} z/OS, VM, VSE TRC
TRIGGERn={record | *},{column | *},{'triggervalue' | X'triggervalue'} z/OS, VM, VSE TRIGGERn
UNIQUEBNGS={YES | NO} z/OS, VM, VSE UNIQUEBNGS
USERLIB=dsname1[,dsname2][,dsname3…] z/OS USERLIB--z/OS
USERLIB=filetype1[,filetype2][,filetype3…] VM USERLIB--VM
USERPATH=pathlist z/OS USERPATH