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Data types

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Representation

Explanation

Format

alphanum-name
1..8

Name (e.g. of the MAREN storage location)

A...Z, 0...9, $, #, @
Length: 1 to 8 characters

archive-seqno

Identifier linked to a statement processed by ARCHIVE.
Used in the DELETE and PROCESS statements.

  • A.yymmdd.hhmmss
    for an active statement

  • L.yymmdd.hhmmss
    for statement sequences executed later (operand NOW=NO)

  • S.yymmdd.hhmmss
    for completed ARCHIVE runs, where S is entered in the directory file as a save version identifier

yy: year, mm: month,
dd: day, hh: hour,
mm: minute, ss: second

backup

Only those files are saved for which the catalog holds a BACKUP entry equal to or less than this value (A < B < C < D).

A, B, C, D

catid

Catalog ID.
The catalog ID entry must be enclosed in colons (:catid:)

A..Z, 0..9
Length: 1 to 4 characters; as defined in the “DMS” manual [2]

filename

Partly or fully qualified file name; an alias is also permitted.
The catalog ID can also be specified for runs with PARAM CATID=YES (NAME=:c:$userid.filename).
The catalog ID can also be entered alone.

Length: 1 to 54 characters;
(including catalog ID and user ID); as defined in the “DMS” manual [2]

date

Date specification with year (yy or yyyy), month (mm) and day (dd);
entries with yy for year are internally converted to yyyy, the year 1960 being assumed as the limit:

  • 771201 is interpreted as 19771201
  • 601005 is interpreted as 19601005
  • 512801 is interpreted as 20512801

yymmdd or yyyymmdd

device type

device type for disk device, tape device or MT cartridge device.

As defined in the “DMS” manual [2]

jv-name

Partly or fully qualified name of a job variable.
Under the TSOS ID, a foreign user ID ($userid.jv-name) can be entered.
For runs with PARAM CATID=YES, a catalog ID can also be entered (NAME=:c:$userid.jv-name).

char 1..54
(including catalog ID and user ID);
see the “DMS” manual [2] for details

password

Read, write or execute password

  • C'cccc' (up to 4 chars.) or

  • X' hhhhhhhh'
    (up to 8 hexadecimal digits) or

  • <integer -2147483648
    ..2147483647>

see the “DMS” manual [2] (PASSWORD command) for details

PAM pages
sec
days
integer

Integer, the permitted value range is more precisely defined in the operand description if necessary.

0..9

svid

Save version identifier

S.yymmdd.hhmmss

yy: year, mm: month,
dd: day, hh: hour,
mm: minute, ss: second

userid

User ID

A..Z, 0..9, $, #, @
Length: up to 8 characters; as defined in the “DMS” manual [2]

vsn

Volume serial number of a magnetic tape, MT cartridge or disk; assigned to the volume on initialization (VOLIN or INIT).

Length: 6 characters; as defined in the “DMS” manual [2]

time

Time specification in hours (hh), minutes (mm) and seconds (ss)

hhmmss