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PRESERVE—Enable Saving of Trailing Blanks z/OS ISPF Edit and Edit Macros SC19-3621-00 |
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The PRESERVE primary command enables or disables the saving of trailing blanks in the editor. This gives you the ability to override the setting for the "Preserve VB record length" field on the edit entry panel. Syntax.-ON--. >>-PRESERVE--+-----+------------------------------------------->< '-OFF-'
Regardless of the PRESERVE setting, if a line has a length of zero, ISPF saves 1 blank. DescriptionPRESERVE ON causes the editor
to save trailing blanks for variable length files. The number of blanks
saved for a particular record is determined by one of these:
PRESERVE OFF causes the editor to truncate trailing blanks. If a line is empty ISPF saves 1 blank. Use of the PRESERVE command does not prevent the editor from working on data past the specified record length. The length set and returned by the PRESERVE command is only used when the data is written and does not affect the operation of other edit functions. ExamplesTo enable the editor to remove
trailing blanks when data is saved, enter this command:
To
save the trailing blanks, enter this command:
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