The trace formatting options tell DFSMShsm what to do with the collected data. A brief description of each of the formatting options is given here. Examples using these options appear later in this section.

COPY:

This option routes trace data that match your selection criteria to the data set specified for your ARCOUT DD. This new data set may now act as the raw data for subsequent search runs.

COMPACT:

This option formats the trace entries into single-line output, if possible. The compact option is the default option and does not need to be specified.

EXTRACT:

This option routes trace data that matches your selection criteria to the data set specified for your ARCOUT DD. This new data set has a prefix that contains date, time, and host identification that you can use for sorting or merging with other extract files. Extract data sets may act as the raw data for subsequent ARCPRPDO formatting runs.

FORMAT:

This option formats each trace keyword on a separate line. The keyword itself is printed at the start of each line.

NOPRINT:

This option prevents any selected records from being written to the ARCPRINT DD. NOPRINT is intended to be used with the copy option. An ARCPRINT DD statement is still required when you select the NOPRINT option, as it contains messages and other information.