Format Information List Output

You can output a list of registered records of the Format Information by using batch processing.

Format Information List Output Program (XRFMTLST)

Program Name

XRFMTLST

XRSYSIN Definition Card

This card defines the System Environment Settings of HULFT system. For details on the definitions, refer to the following:

HULFT10 for zOS Administration Manual : Explanation of each field

Format of definition card

OPLSELECT=Operation Log Output Option (*1) 
DATEFMT=Date Format 
HULCHARSET=HULFT Character Set

When you use the operation log output function, you must include definitions related to operation logs. For details, refer to Definitions for operation logs.

XRCRD Definition Card

You can define up to 100 definition cards.

The following shows the format of the definition card for outputting the records of the Format Information as a list.

FORMAT-ID=Format ID 1[-Format ID 2]

= Remarks =

If the definition card spans two lines, use the following method to define the definition card:

Describe the first line up to column 71 and then insert a hyphen (-) in column 72. Describe the second line starting in column 1.

The program outputs a list of the relevant records of the Format Information for the specified Format ID1 or for the range from Format ID1 to Format ID2.

To output all records of the Format Information as a list, define 'DUMMY' for the XRCRD definition card.

Example of JCL

The following shows an example of JCL for outputting the records of the Format Information as a list:

//XRFMTLST JOB  CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=B                                              
//FMTLST   EXEC PGM=XRFMTLST                                                    
//STEPLIB  DD   DSN=HULFT.LOAD,DISP=SHR                                         
//XRFILE   DD   DSN=HULFT.FILE,DISP=SHR                                         
//XRHOST   DD   DSN=HULFT.HOST,DISP=SHR                                         
//XRSYSIN  DD   DSN=HULFT.PARMLIB(HULPRM),DISP=SHR                              
//XRPRINT  DD   SYSOUT=*                                                        
//SYSOUT   DD   SYSOUT=*                                                        
//XRCRD    DD   *                                                               
FORMAT-ID=FMT01                                                                 
FORMAT-ID=FMT10-FMT15                                                           
//

DD Name	Value	Description
STEPLIB	HULFT.LOAD	HULFT load module library
XRFILE	HULFT.FILE	Send and Receive Management File
XRHOST	HULFT.HOST	Host Information File
XRSYSIN	HULFT.PARMLIB(HULPRM)	System Environment Settings File

Parameter Name	Value	Description
UNIT	SYSDA	UNIT

Display example of Format Information list

                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                               *****   FORMAT INFORMATION TABLE   *****                         2015.12.01  20:21     
                                                                                                                       PAGE :   1     
   FORMAT ID : FMT0001                                                                                                                
   COMMENT : FORMAT OF KEY01-DATA                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                      
           ITEM-NAME                 START-POSITION           BYTE-COUNT               ACTUAL-DECIMAL-PLACES         ITEM-TYPE        
                                                                                                                                      
           A                              0001                    0080                           0                       X            
           B                              0081                    0050                           0                       N            
           C                              0131                    0010                           0                       9

FORMAT ID: This field shows the format ID of each record of the Format Information that is output as a list.
COMMENT: This field shows the comment on the relevant record of the Format Information.
ITEM-NAME: This field shows the name that identifies the relevant field.
START-POSITION: This field shows the start position of the relevant field.
BYTE-COUNT: This field shows the byte count of the relevant field.
ACTUAL-DECIMAL-PLACES: This field shows the decimal places of the relevant field.
ITEM-TYPE: This field shows the type of data of the relevant field.