NBSpool for MPE Reference Guide

Chapter 3
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KEEP Parameters
Parameter Description
filename
This parameter specifies the name of the file to create. If the file already
exists, you will be asked for permission to overwrite it.
AUTO
This parameter specifies that the record length for the keep file should be
determined automatically. The size will be that of the longest record in the
spool file.
recsize
This parameter specifies the record size for the keep file. Type a negative for
bytes. The default is 132 byte records.
blkfact
This parameter specifies the blocking factor for the new file. If omitted, the
optimum blocking factor will be determined.
F
This parameter indicates that the keep file should have fixed length records.
This is the default.
V
This parameter indicates that the keep file should have variable length
records.
ASCII
This parameter indicates that the keep file should be ASCII. This is the
default.
BINARY
This parameter indicates that the keep file should be BINARY.
EXPAND
This parameter expands line skipping carriage control to blank lines.
NOCCTL
The keep file will be built without
CCTL
, and no carriage control information
will be written to it. By default, the file will contain the carriage control
information from the spool file.
RANGE
This parameter specifies the range of lines to be retained. If this parameter is
not specified, all lines will be retained. Range is expressed in the following
manner:
first
The first line in the spool file.
/last
The last line in the spool file.
SAVECCTL
This parameter keeps the carriage control in the first byte of each record for
non-
CCTL
files. Must be used to save carriage control to labeled tapes.