Usage notes

• You can specify PIDU commands interactively from your keyboard.
• When you specify PIDU commands in a UNIX file (such as a z/FS file) or an MVS™ data set, you can:
  • Start comments with a pound sign (#).
  • Include blank lines if desired.
  • Specify the PIDU command names, attribute names, and attribute values on separate lines:
    • In a UNIX file, an attribute value can span lines provided that all lines other than the last line end with a backslash. Be sure that no blank characters are present after the backslash. For example:

      attribute1 = 
      'A very, very, very long \
      value'

    • In an MVS data set, the entire attribute value must be on one line. To specify a very long attribute value, allocate a data set that has a logical record length of 255 (LRECL=255) and a variable blocked record format (RECFM=VB). Then specify the entire value on one line. For example:

      attribute1 = 
      'A very, very, very long value'