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FILEDATA

Indicates how a remote USS file is to be allocated by the remote z/OS system when performing a RECEIVE FILE transfer on the local Windows system.

B

Binary

T

Text

If you do not specify a value for FILEDATA, then the allocation is determined based on the CODE_FLAG= specification, as follows:

• If CODE_FLAG=B, then the file is allocated and processed as binary data.
• If CODE_FLAG=E, then the type of allocation and processing depends on the value of FILEDATA, as follows:
  • If you do not specify FILEDATA=B, or if you specify FILEDATA=T, then the file is allocated as a text file.
  • If you do specify FILEDATA=B, then the file is allocated as a binary file.

Important! If you do specify FILEDATA=B, then you need to specify a value for LRECL, to tell CA XCOM Data Transport how many bytes there are in each logical record.

Note: If FILEDATA=B is specified, then the RECFM= value and BLKSIZE= value are ignored by the z/OS system, because they are not used; therefore, they need not be specified.