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blksize

Specifies the block size of the data set created on an IBM mainframe.

Range: 0 to 32767

The record format determines how to calculate the block size, as follows:

Fixed or fixed block

The block size must be a multiple of the record length.

Variable

The block size must be four bytes larger than the record length.

Undefined

The block size must be larger than the largest record length. A maximum of five digits can be entered.

Default: 800