Output Files

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Output Files

The export can be written to a CA FAVER format file or a sequential file. The following table explains both files:

File Type	Explanation
CA FAVER format file	The FVROUT parameter or its default specifies the tape or disk file where the backup is written. This is a single file containing all objects that were backed up. EXPORT identifies each object by the type of data it contains: A header identifies the start of a cluster or alternate index and contains the catalog information necessary to define it. Data records contain the object's data, less free space. Trailer records mark the end of the object.
Sequential file	The data of a cluster selected by cluster name statement is written to a user-specified file. No CA FAVER control records are included, and although this file can be read by a user program, it cannot be read by RESTORE. The OUTDD parameter allows the record format to be specified.

File Type

Explanation

CA FAVER format file

The FVROUT parameter or its default specifies the tape or disk file where the backup is written. This is a single file containing all objects that were backed up. EXPORT identifies each object by the type of data it contains:

A header identifies the start of a cluster or alternate index and contains the catalog information necessary to define it.
Data records contain the object's data, less free space.
Trailer records mark the end of the object.

Sequential file

The data of a cluster selected by cluster name statement is written to a user-specified file. No CA FAVER control records are included, and although this file can be read by a user program, it cannot be read by RESTORE. The OUTDD parameter allows the record format to be specified.