Traditional File Description Specification Statement
The general layout for the file description specification is as
follows:
- the file description specification type (F) is entered in position 6
- the non-commentary part of the specification extends from position
7 to position 80
- the fixed-format entries extend from positions 7 to 42. For files defined with the LIKEFILE keyword, the entries from position 17 to position 43 must be blank. The values for those fixed-form entries are taken from the parent file specified by the LIKEFILE keyword.
- the keyword entries extend from positions 44 to 80
- the comments section of the specification extends from position 81 to position 100