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z/TPF Program Management - IBM

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system. <strong>Program</strong>s and files that have been compiled and linked on Linux do not<br />

need to be moved to a z/OS ® system before the z/<strong>TPF</strong> offline loader is created.<br />

The virtual reader (VRDR) and general data set (GDS) files, which are currently<br />

supported on MVS, are not supported by the z/<strong>TPF</strong> offline loader on Linux.<br />

<strong>Program</strong>ming considerations<br />

The following lists the programming considerations for using the z/<strong>TPF</strong> offline loader<br />

on Linux:<br />

v The maximum file sizes for a z/<strong>TPF</strong> loader file that is created in the Linux HFS<br />

are:<br />

– 2 gigabytes (GB) for the ext2 file system<br />

– A range of 2 GB - 32 GB for the ext3 file system depending on the block size<br />

that was specified when the file system was initialized<br />

– 2 exabytes (EB) for the file systems used less frequently (such as XFS and<br />

ReiserFS)<br />

– 2 GB for the HFS file system that is implemented on the z/<strong>TPF</strong> system.<br />

v The size of an offline loader tape data set is limited to the capacity of a single<br />

tape volume.<br />

v The Linux offldr command creates tapes with MVS standard label (SL) headers<br />

and trailers to provide the z/<strong>TPF</strong> system with SL tapes, which are not supported<br />

by Linux.<br />

See the “Linux offldr command” on page 119 and the Linux man page for more<br />

information about using the z/<strong>TPF</strong> offline loader on Linux. See “Linux labeltape<br />

command” on page 121 and the Linux man page for more information about using<br />

the z/<strong>TPF</strong> labeltape command on Linux.<br />

Alternate FCTB loader overview<br />

An alternate FACE table (FCTB) loader loads an FCTB to a z/<strong>TPF</strong> system without<br />

requiring an initial program load (IPL).<br />

The following ZFCTB commands support alternate FCTB processing:<br />

v ZFCTB LOAD<br />

Loads an alternate FCTB to the online system<br />

v ZFCTB ACTIVATE<br />

Activates an alternate FCTB<br />

v ZFCTB ACCEPT<br />

Accepts an activated alternate FCTB<br />

v ZFCTB DEACTIVATE<br />

Deactivates an activated alternate FCTB<br />

v ZFCTB DELETE<br />

Deletes a loaded or deactivated alternate FCTB.<br />

See z/<strong>TPF</strong> Operations for more information about the ZFCTB commands. See<br />

“Load an alternate FCTB” on page 83 for more information about the alternate<br />

FCTB loader.<br />

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