Rules for coding start option lists and configuration lists

The coding of ATCCONyy (configuration list members) and ATCSTRyy (start list members) in the VTAM® definition library are governed by the same syntax rules, which are different from the rules governing the coding of NCP and VTAM definition statements and VTAM macroinstructions.

Code start option lists and configuration lists as one or more 80–byte records in the following format:

position                                                         position
1                                                                      72
[...]item[,item]...                                                  ...c

...: Indicates blanks. One or more blanks can precede the first item.
item: Represents a start option in a start option list or a resource in a configuration list. Separate items with commas. Use no intervening blanks between items.
c: Reserved for the continuation indicator. The continuation indicator is optional, but is ignored. VTAM ignores positions 72–80.
(,): Commas are optional after the last item on a line, but required between items if coded on the same line.

The following information shows a sample start list, ATCSTRyy. The first line is a scale to show you column positions. Every tenth column position is indicated by a number.

|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7...
SSCPID=01
SSCPNAME=SSCP1A,
   DYNASSCP=YES
SSCPDYN=YES,HOSTSA=1
* this is a full line comment
NETID=NETA

One start list cannot reference another, and only an operator can enter LIST=yy on the start command to use this start list. One configuration list cannot reference another, and either an operator can enter CONFIG=yy on the start command, or the start option CONFIG=yy can be coded in a start list to use this configuration list.

The following information shows a sample configuration list, ATCCONyy. The first line is a scale to show you column positions. Every tenth column position is indicated by a number.

|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7...
LOCSNA1,
LOCNS1
NCP1,
  APPL1,
* this is a full line comment
CDRM1,CDRM2

Rules: Depending on the number of items, two or more records might be required for the start option list or configuration list. Observe the following rules if more than one record is required:

You can code data through position 71, even if you are in the middle of an item. The remainder of the item can be continued in the next record.
If you do not code data through position 71, end the data in one record with an item, and begin the next record with the new item.
To create a comment line, enter an asterisk(*) in position 1 of any record.
Blank lines are not allowed. There must be an (*) in column 1 for a record to be treated as a comment line.