SMPNTS

ddname

SMPNTS.

Use

The SMPNTS (SMP/E Network Temporary Store) is a directory of UNIX file system files that are used for temporary storage of network transported packages that were received during SMP/E RECEIVE processing.

Attributes

Existing directory within a UNIX file system. A UNIX file system directory name is concatenated with the appropriate subdirectories and file names to create complete pathnames.

The directory name can be from 1 to 255 characters.
The directory name must begin and end with a slash (/).
In addition to the required delimiters (/), a directory name must also be enclosed in single apostrophes (') if any of the following is true:
- The directory name contains lowercase alphabetic characters
- The directory name contains a character that is not uppercase alphabetic, numeric, or national ($, #, or @), slash (/), plus (+), hyphen, period, or ampersand (&).
The apostrophes must be outside the required delimiters, as in '/directory name/', not /'directory name'/.
The single apostrophes used to enclose the directory name (the delimiters) do not count as part of the 255-character limit.
Any apostrophes specified as part of the directory (not the delimiters) must be doubled.
Double apostrophes count as two characters in the 255-character limit.
The directory name can include characters through X'40' and X'FE'.
Do not use symbolic substitution.

Device

Direct access only.

Note:

The SMPNTS can be defined to SMP/E only with a DD statement or a DDDEF.
Do not allocate the SMPNTS as anything other than a directory in a UNIX file system.
The size of the SMPNTS directory depends on the size of the packages received from the network and stored there.