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External Keywords

The following exteranal expiration date keywords are available:

AGE/ddd

Retain data set for ddd days after it was created.

JCL: 9992dd

CATLG

Retain while data set is cataloged to the operating system.

JCL: 99000

CATLG/ddd

Retain ddd days, then retain while data set is cataloged to the operating system.

JCL: 991dd

CYCLE/ccc

Retain ccc cycles.

Range: 001 to 364

JCL: 990cc

FOREIGN

Tape is not a CA TLMS controlled tape, even if its volser is in the VMF. Transaction is created but the VMF is not updated.

JCL: 98000

JDATE

Julian date format.

Range: 1960/001 to 2155/366

JCL: yyyy/ddd

LDATE/ddd

Retain ddd days after date on which tape was last used.

JCL: 98ddd

MSG

Dismount tape message.

JCL: 970mm

OJDATE

Old Julian date format.

Range: 60001 to 59365

(60001 = 1960/001)

(59365 = 1959/365)

JCL: yyddd

PERM PERMANENT

Retain data set permanently.

JCL: 99365,99366

STATS/sss

Status of held tape where sss is the reason code indicating why the tape is being held. This keyword has no JCL equivalent. It is set by programs or is entered through the keyword format STAT/sss to apply permanent retention other than 99365 to an unknown situation, such as a broken chain.

USER/uuu

This keyword allows you to create your own keywords for processing.

CA TLMS treats this as PERMANENT.

JCL: 88uuu

ZEROS

A date with an internal value of zeros is always displayed as blanks. However, the date can be entered as any number of 0s, blanks, nulls, or the word ZEROS.