Fast/Unload invocation
Invoking Fast/Unload as a standalone z/OS program
Fast/Unload is invoked with the EXEC JCL card.
The program name of Fast/Unload as distributed is FUNLOAD
.
The following DDNAMEs are used by Fast/Unload:
FUNIN
— This DD contains the statements used to describe the unload. FUNIN must be composed of fixed-length, 80-byte records.FUNPRINT
— This DD is used as a log file and for reporting errors. This DD is referred to as the report data set. No DCB information is required, but if supplied:- RECFM may be x[B][A], where x is
F
orV
. If not specified, it defaults toVBA
. ASCII carriage control (theA
suffix) is always used. - LRECL defaults to either 133 (for RECFM F) or 137 (for RECFM V)
- BLKSIZE defaults to 8192 (for RECFM F) or 8196 (for RECFM V)
- RECFM may be x[B][A], where x is
- destination —
A DD is required for each of the sequential data sets (which must be unique) declared as an output stream to which records are to be unloaded.
FUNOUT
is the default output stream for FUEL programs written for versions prior to 4.1.
A DD statement is also required for the input Model 204 data file. The DD statement for the Model 204 file must match the internal name of the data file. In addition, if a Model 204 data file is made up of multiple physical files, DD cards must be provided for all physical files making up the logical file.
It is also recommended that you allocate either a SYSUDUMP
or SYSMDUMP
file to the Fast/Unload job step.
The following is an example of JCL that runs Fast/Unload in a z/OS environment.
//FUNLOAD JOB (0),CLASS=C,MSGCLASS=A,NOTIFY=HOMER //FUNLOAD EXEC PGM=FUNLOAD,REGION=1024K //STEPLIB DD DSN=M204.FUNLOAD.LOAD,DISP=SHR //SYSUDUMP DD DSN=SYSOUT=* //SIRXREFD DD DSN=ULSPF.V404.SIRXREFD,DISP=SHR //FUNOUT DD UNIT=TAPE,VOL=SER=DUMP1, // LABEL=(1,SL),DISP=(NEW,PASS), // DSN=SIRXREFD.OUTPUT,DCB=BLKSIZE=30000 //FUNPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //FUNIN DD * OPEN SIRXREFD FOR EACH RECORD PUT '*' OUTPUT PAI END FOR //
Invoking Fast/Unload as a standalone CMS program
Fast/Unload must be invoked by the Model 204 CMS interface because
it uses the CMS interface's EXCP and BSAM simulation.
The program name
of Fast/Unload as distributed is FUNLOAD
.
A FILEDEF must be provided for any DD to be used by Fast/Unload.
Note: Because Fast/Unload uses the Model 204 CMS interface, any file can be on an OS format minidisk.
The following DDNAMEs are used by Fast/Unload:
FUNIN
— This DD contains the FUEL used to describe the unload.FUNIN
must be composed of fixed length, 80 byte records.FUNPRINT
— This DD will be used as a log file and for reporting errors. This DD will also be referred to as the report data set.- destination —
A DD is required for each of the sequential data sets (which must be unique)
declared as an output stream to which records are to be unloaded.
FUNOUT
is the default output stream for FUEL programs written for versions prior to 4.1.
A FILEDEF statement is also required for the input Model 204 data file. The FILEDEF statement for the Model 204 file must match the internal name of the data file. In addition, if a Model 204 data file is made up of multiple physical files, FILEDEF commands must be provided for all physical files making up the logical file.
The following is an example of an EXEC that runs Fast/Unload in a CMS environment. Note that while REXX is used here, the EXEC could be written in EXEC or EXEC2.
/* Exec to run Fast/Unload */ Address command; 'FILEDEF * CLEAR'; 'FILEDEF FUNIN DISK FUN FUNLOAD A'; 'FILEDEF FUNPRINT DISK FUN LISTING A', '(RECFM VB LRECL 137 BLOCK 4096'; 'FILEDEF FUNOUT TAP1 (LRECL 10000 BLOCK 30000 RECFM VB'; 'FILEDEF SIRXREFD I DSN ULSPF V404 SIRXREFD'; 'M204CMS FUNLOAD'; Exit rc;
Note: In the above example, the Fast/Unload Extraction Language program is in file FUN FUNLOAD
on a CMS format disk, and the Model 204 data file SIRXREFD
is on an OS-format minidisk.
See also
- Fast/Unload overview
- Fast/Unload invocation
- Fast/Unload program parameters
- Fast/Unload Extraction Language (FUEL)
- Fast/Unload standard #functions
- Fast/Unload BLOB/CLOB processing considerations
- Fast/Unload datetime processing considerations
- Fast/Unload DATESTAT analysis
- Fast/Unload job statistics
- Fast/Unload SOUL Interface
- Fast/Unload with an external sort package
- Fast/Unload with DBCS data
- Fast/Unload customer-written assembler #function packages
- Fast/Unload user exits or filters
- Fast/Unload with Model 204 file groups
- Fast/Unload with Model 204 fieldgroups
- Fast/Unload with the Sir2000 Field Migration Facility
- Fast/Unload floating point arithmetic and numeric conversion
- Fast/Unload program return codes
- Fast/Unload installation
- Fast/Unload customization of defaults
- Fast/Unload SMF record format
- Fast/Unload release notes
- Fast/Unload messages