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DEFAULT PROGRAM Statement Usage

Permanent and Temporary Defaults

You can designate DEFAULT PROGRAM statement defaults as permanent or temporary:

• Permanent -- The defaults apply to all executions of the system generation compiler until overridden by another DEFAULT statement. Permanent defaults are stored in the data dictionary as a prototype program source record with the name 0DEFAULT, where 0 is hexadecimal 00.
• Temporary -- The defaults apply only to the current execution of the system generation compiler and are not stored in the data dictionary.

Defaults established with the DEFAULT PROGRAM statement apply to all PROGRAM statements following the DEFAULT PROGRAM statement. The system generation compiler maintains a list of all defaults in effect. The compiler updates the list each time the defaults are changed with a DEFAULT PROGRAM statement. The DISPLAY/PUNCH PERMANENT/TEMPORARY DEFAULT PROGRAM statement can be used to view the current list.