Entering EREP Options through an Options File

To run the EREP program using an options file:

  1. Create the options file.

    The file type for this file can be any 8-character name that is not reserved.

    The following lists the reserved file types. Some are file types used by functions or licensed programs that z/VM® does not support.

    Reserved file types
    $B$B$B$B
    $HLPxxxx
    AMSERV
    ASM3705
    ASSEMBLE
    AUXxxxx
    CMSUT1
    CNTRL
    COBOL
    COPY
    DIRECT
    DOSLIB
    DOSLNK
    ESERV
    EXEC
    EXPAND
    FORTRAN
    FREEFORT
    FTnn001
    GCS
    GLOBALV
    GROUP
    HELPxxxx
    LDTFDIx
    LISTING
    LKEDIT
    LOADLIB
    MACLIB
    MACRO
    MAP
    MEMO
    MODULE
    NAMES
    NETLOG
    NOTEBOOK
    PLI
    PLIOPT
    PROC
    RPGII
    SCRIPT
    SYMDMP
    SYNONYM
    SYSUTx
    SYS00x
    TESTCOB
    TESTFORT
    TEXT
    TXTLIB
    UPDATE
    UPDLOG
    UPDTxxxx
    VSBASIC
    VSBDATA
    ZAP
  2. Enter:
    cperepxa filename filetype
    where filename and filetype are the file name and file type of the options file, respectively.

    CPEREPXA uses the options in the file to process the EREP records and does not prompt you for additional options.