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Format of Remote File

Commas separate the remote input stream and the length indicated in (). The values for the 1-byte options are Y or N. The Member Name field may be skipped if the data set is a sequential file. In that case, you would specify 2 commas ',,' together indicating no member name.

Register Selected, (1)
Split Selected, (1)
Compose Selected, (1)
Execute Selected, (1)
Install Selected, (1)
Delete RMT Flag, (1)
Member Name, (8)
DSN or RMT Name, (44)

You have flexibility on how you indicate the remotes:

• Indicate the list in-stream.
• Indicate data sets that contain the information needed.

The data sets can be either sequential or partitioned. You can specify multiple sequential data sets. If the data set is partitioned, the list of remotes can be in a single or multiple members of the PDS. The DCB information for the REMOTES data set is FB (fixed block) and LRECL (logical record length) 80.