SMFDLS Control Statement Reference › Control Statement Syntax

Control Statement Syntax

Control statements for SMFDLS differ from control statements for SMFD. They are more similar to control statements for IFASMFDL. The input control statement file (ddname SMFDLSIN) must have the following attributes:

LRECL= 80
BLKSIZE=multiple of 80
RECFM=F or FB

The file can be a sequential data set or a PDS member. Statement text must be placed in columns 1 through 72 (columns 73 through 80 are ignored as sequence numbers.) Each input record can be a comment or can contain exactly one statement. Since the longest statement possible is 34 characters, there is no facility provided to continue a statement to a second line.

Records that begin with an asterisk in column one are considered to be comments. In addition, records that are blank from columns 1 through 72 are also considered to be comments.

Statements themselves can begin in any column, and can be in any order, but they must be completed in one single record in the file.

All of the control statements used by SMFDLS fall into one of two categories:

Note: Operand values must be in parentheses right after the operand with no spaces in between. See the sample statements in the rest of this chapter for examples.