Previous Topic: ASYNC SyntaxNext Topic: ASYNC Usage


ASYNC Parameters

LINE Statement Parameters

TYPe is ASYNC

Supplies the line type.

CONnect

Specifies the line is to be treated as a connect-type line.

CONNECT is the default when you specify neither CONNECT nor NOCONNECT in the LINE statement.

NOConnect

Specifies the line is not treated as a connect-type line.

DDname is

Associates the line with an external file name.

The DDNAME parameter is required to create an executable system.

ddname

For z/OS systems only, identifies the ddname for the line, as specified in the system startup JCL.

filename

For z/VSE systems only, identifies the filename for the line, as specified in the system startup JCL.

PTERM Statement Parameters

TYPe is

Supplies the device type for the physical terminal. Valid values are:

MODel is model-specification

Specifies the model of the physical terminal.

Model-specification must be a single alphanumeric character.

UNIt is hex-line-address

Specifies the 3-character hexadecimal address of the line associated with the physical terminal.

The UNIT parameter is required to create an executable system.