CA Dynam for VSE User Guide

Disk File Maintenance Utilities
CHARSET= {48|60|
ALL }
COUNT
HA
HEX
LRECL=nnnnn
NORECS=nnnnnnnn
SKIP
START=nnnnnnnn
TERM
Defines the printer character set to be used for the display.
Specifies that the count portion of each record is to be displayed.
Specifies that the home address and record zero are to be displayed from each
track.
Specifies that each record is to be displayed in hexadecimal format.
Defines the number of bytes in each logical record of a blocked file.
Defines the number of records to be displayed.
Specifies that the SYSLST output is to be suppressed can be used to read the
home addresses for disk validity checking.
Specifies the first relative record number to be displayed.
Specifies that the output is to be displayed on the operator console.
Notes on the DISPLAY command:
• The first format of the display command (using Option List A) can only be
used when you know the exact location of the records to be displayed.
• It is not necessary to supply leading zeros for the parameters START=,
NORECS=, and LRECL=.
• Both HEX and CHAR can be specified to produce both a hexadecimal and
translated character format display (DEFAULT).
• When displaying a specific file ID, all forms of partition, CPU
independence, or both, that are acceptable to CA Dynam/D can be used in
control statements. For more information, see Defining Independent Files.
Example
To display the first two records of the file, in hexadecimal format:
DISPLAY 'DISK.FILE' NORECS=2 HEX
DUMP Command
The DUMP command copies a disk file to tape. (For more information about
copying it back to disk, see the RESTORE command.)
Formats:
DUMP VOL=volser [ EXPIRE=[yy/ddd|yyyy/ddd] ]
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