z/OS V1R6.0 DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs

PRINTOptional ParametersCHARACTER|DUMP|HEXspecifies the format of the listing.For the CHARACTER and DUMP parameters, setting the GRAPHICSparameter of the PARM command determines which bit patterns print ascharacters. See “PARM Command” on page 21 for more information.Note: When you print non-VSAM variable length records, the 4-byte recorddescriptor word (RDW) that appears at the beginning of each record is notprinted.CHARACTERspecifies that each byte in the logical record is to be printed as a character.Bit patterns not defining a character are printed as periods. Key fields arelisted in character format (see Figure 3 on page 300). CHARACTER mustbe specified if data contains DBCS characters. DUMP and HEX cannot bespecified with DBCS.Abbreviation: CHARDUMPspecifies that each byte in the logical record is to be printed in bothhexadecimal and character format. In the character portion of the listing,bit patterns not defining a character are printed as periods. Key fields arelisted in hexadecimal format (see Figure 4 on page 301).HEXspecifies that each byte in the logical record is to be printed as twohexadecimal digits. Key fields are listed in hexadecimal format (seeFigure 5 on page 301).DBCSspecifies that the data to be printed includes DBCS characters. Bytes from thelogical record are printed in their respective characters (that is, SBCS or DBCSformat). Bit patterns not defining a character are printed as periods. WhenDBCS is specified, PRINT checks during printing to ensure that the DBCS datameets DBCS criteria unless SKIPDBCSCHECK or NODBCSCHECK is alsospecified. For more information on DBCS support, see z/OS DFSMS: UsingData Sets.FROMKEY(key)|FROMADDRESS(address)|FROMNUMBER(number)|SKIP(number)locates the data set being listed where listing is to start. If you do not specify avalue, the listing begins with the first logical record in the data set orcomponent.The only value that can be specified for a SAM data set is SKIP.Use FROMADDRESS and TOADDRESS to specify a partial print range for alinear data set cluster. If required, printing is rounded up to 4096-byteboundaries.The starting delimiter must be consistent with the ending delimiter. Forexample, if FROMADDRESS is specified for the starting location, useTOADDRESS to specify the ending location. The same is true for FROMKEYand TOKEY, and FROMNUMBER and TONUMBER.FROMKEY(key)specifies the key of the first record you want listed. You can specify generic296 z/OS V1R6.0 DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs