PUNCHES: Defining Devices for Punch Output

The statement defines the punch device(s) for spooling punch output from the static partition that is being placed under control of VSE/POWER by a preceding PSTART command. To have spooled output punched out, start a punch-writer task by another PSTART command. For a description of the PSTART command, see PSTART: Starting a Task or a Partition.

In your autostart procedure, the PUNCHES statement must follow the READER and PRINTERS statements for the same partition.

Your specification in this statement is similar to a response to message 1R50D if VSE/POWER's autostart function is not available.

Format of the Statement

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramPUNCHES=, cuu1PUNCHES=NO
Notes:
  • 1 You can specify up to 14 punch devices for spooling of punch output.
NO
Specify NO if no card punch is to be assigned to the static partition for spooling list output. If you specify also PRINTERS=NO, you indicate that a reader-only partition is to be started.
cuu
For cuu, specify the channel and unit numbers of a punch device that is to be used. Leading zeros may be omitted.

You can specify up to 14 devices for spooling punch output. If you specify two or more punch devices, any two cuu specifications must be separated by a comma. The same device(s) may be specified in several partitions.

Examples

For an example of how to use the PUNCHES statement, refer to Format 14: PDISPLAY AUSTMT.

For an example of how to display the spooled punch device(s) of an active partition, refer to Format 15-1: PDISPLAY SPDEV.