flcl_manual-flcl_commands-flam-idevice

IDEVICE

Synopsis

HELP:   (HOST) Device used to store the FLAMFILE [FLATFILE]
TYPE:   NUMBER
SYNTAX: IDEVICE/IDEV=FILE/DISK/TAPE/FLOPPY/STREAMER/USER

Description

Device assignment for input file (z/OS only).

This parameter is not needed for catalogued files under z/OS. The device type is automatically assigned by the operating system. If the user exit for I/O shall be activated, IDEVICE=USER must be specified.

Syntax restrictions for FLAMv4 or older:

z/OS
- IDEVICE=DISK/TAPE/FLOPPY/STREAMER/USER
- IDEV=DISK/TAPE/FLOPPY/STREAMER/USER

Values

z/OS
- DISK - disc unit
- TAPE - tape unit
- FLOPPY - floppy disc drive
- STREAMER - tape streamer
- USER - User specific I/O interface

Default

z/OS
- DISK

Valid for

compression

Selections

FILE - Write to a file (equal to disk)
DISK - Write to a disk (equal to file)
TAPE - Write to a tape
FLOPPY - Write to a floppy
STREAMER - Write to a streamer tape
USER - Use user IO