vmfplc2 - Man Page

The dump function allows creating a VMFPLC2 formatted tape.

The scan function allows listing the contents of a VMFPLC2 formatted tape.

The load function allows importing the contents of a VMFPLC2 formatted tape unto the system.

Is the 1 to 8 character that represents the file name. The file name can be specified as lower case, but will be translated to upper case to follow CMS conventions. Characters allowed are [A-Z], [0-9], $ (Dollar), # (Pound), @ (At), + (Plus), - (Hyphen), : (Colon) and _ (Underscore).

Is the 1 to 8 character that represents the file type. The file type can be specified as lower case, but will be translated to upper case to follow CMS conventions. Characters allowed are [A-Z], [0-9], $ (Dollar), # (Pound), @ (At), + (Plus), - (Hyphen), : (Colon) and _ (Underscore).

Is the 1 to 2 character that represents the file mode. The 1st character is a letter from A to Z and represents the "original" file mode when scanned on VM/370 (it does not force the file to be loaded on a certain disk). The second character is a digit from 0 to 6. The file mode number indicates specific behavior for the file under CMS.

Indicates the record format, and should be F (for Fixed) or V (for Variable).

Indicate the logical record length. This should only be specified for RECFM F files.

Indicates how the file is processed before being written to tape. The value can either be B (Binary), T (Textual) or S (Structured).

The file is not translated. For RECFM F files, the file is cut into records of the size of the Logical Record length specified. For RECFM V files, the file is cut into records of 65535 bytes except for the last record which has a length of the remainder of the file.

The file is translated from ASCII to EBCDIC and the trailing line termination character is removed. For RECFM F files, the record may be truncated or padded with EBCDIC X'40' characters (White space). For RECFM V files, each record represents the length of the line up to 65535 characters.

The file contains structured information which indicates the 16 bit length of each record in Big endian format. For RECFM F files, the record may be truncated or padded. For RECFM V files, the records are cut into records of the length specified in the record structure information fields.

The tape file is created or read as an HET (Hercules Emulated Tape) format. The DUMP function creates a file, while the SCAN and LOAD functions only read the file.

File name "list" :
FOO TEXT A1 F 80 B foo.text

vmfplc2 dump list out.het