Using IBM Application Development Tools for z/OS and OS/390

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You specify the output data set name, the disposition, the number of logical records, and the

fill character.

To fill each byte of each record with data, specify one of the following:

char To write a character, such as 0, in each byte

X’cc’ To write a binary character, such as X’04’, in each byte

AN To write alphanumeric characters (A to Z and 0 to 9)

BIN To write binary characters (X'00' to X'FF')

RAND To write random binary characters (X'00' to X'FF')

The default is a blank.

Modify the JCL for generic use

To reuse the code from this example, convert the JCL into a procedure. It can then be used to

initialize ...