GEN - Define program name

The GEN statement (GENerate object) defines the program name. It can occur anywhere in the statement sequence. It can be omitted if the default names are to be used. If multiple GEN statements are issued, the first correct GEN statement is valid.

In the case of network generation, the GEN statement initiates the associated CPU and IOCFID statements.

GEN                                                                                                                                                      

[NAME=name]

NAME=name
Alphanumeric string which can be divided into several partial strings separated by a hyphen; first character: A...Z; maximum of eight characters.
Character set: A...Z, 0...9, $, #, @, - (hyphen)

name has the following meanings:

• Program name for the generated objects
  Default value: IOV<ver>

• Part of the file name of the I/O configuration file SYSDAT.BS2.<ver>.IOCF.<name>
Default value for the file name: SYSDAT.BS2.<ver>.IOCF

• Part of the file name of the log file SYSLST.IOGEN.<ver>.IOCF.<name>
Default value for the file name: SYSLST.IOGEN.<ver>.IOCF

• Part of the file name of the temporary file SYSDAT.IOGEN.<ver>.IOCF.<name>
  Default value for the file name: SYSDAT.IOGEN.<ver>.IOCF

name is also entered in the IOCF comment field (first eight characters from the comment which can be entered using the IOCFID statement). It is also displayed using the /SHOW-IOCF command, see the “Commands” manual [2].

name can also be used for the hardware-dependent selection of the parameter file by startup, see "startup files".