Keyword entries for physical and logical files (positions 45 through 80)
Keyword entries are typed in positions 45 through 80 (functions).
Most of the keywords are valid for both physical and logical files. Some, however, are valid only for physical files, and some are valid only for logical files. When this is the case, the restriction is noted both in the keyword title and the text.
Specific restrictions
The following keywords
are valid only for simple and multiple format logical files:
- PFILE
- REFACCPTH
The following keywords are valid only for join logical
files:
- JDFTVAL
- JDUPSEQ
- JFILE
- JFLD
- JOIN
- JREF
When you use DDS to describe a source file (typically created without DDS, using the CRTSRCPF command) or when a logical file is based on a physical file to be used as a source file, you cannot use the following keywords:
ABSVAL
ALTSEQ DESCEND FCFO FIFO LIFO |
NOALTSEQ
SIGNED UNIQUE VARLEN ZONE |