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rkdivvela · Beginner Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 4 Topics: 3

I would be glad, if any one could clarify me the exact differences between different record formats, like F, FB, FBA, V, VB and VBA.

kolusu · Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:27 pm Post subject:

rkdivvela,

Check the following links for detailed explanation of the various recfm

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IGY3PG10/1.9.1.1?DT=20020923143836

Check the subtopics 1.9.1.1.2 thru 1.9.1.1.5 for clear explanation of the recfm's

The A in FBA/VBA is FB/VB with an ANSI (printer) carriage control character in the first byte of each record, e.g. '1' for page eject, ' ' for single space, '0' for double space, '-' for triple space, etc. For FB, the data starts in position 1. For FBA, the data starts in position 2 after the ANSI character.For VB, the data starts in position 5(due RDW - 4bytes)). For VBA, the data starts in position 6(RDW(4 bytes + 1 carriage control character) after the ANSI character.

The M in FBM/VBM is FB/VB with an machine control character in the first byte of each record.

Hope this helps...

Cheers

Kolusu
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