Syntax notes

  1. Data in columns 73 through 80 is ignored. If data is specified beyond column 72, it is ignored and an error in a following tag may be indicated.
  2. File definition control tags may contain comments. Comments start with <!-- (hex 4C5A6060) and end with --> (hex 60606E). The first --> encountered after the initial <!-- will end the comment. A comment may appear between a start-tag and its matching end-tag, but never within a tag.
  3. The space allocation for an archived data set is stored in the File Attribute File in terms of AVGREC regardless of how the data set was originally allocated. GIMZIP converts the current allocation information for a data set (as obtained from its DSCBs) into record type allocation information using AVGREC (usually set to U, although K could be used for extremely large data sets) and an average record length equal to the data set block size. The data set allocated using this information when an archive is retrieved by GIMUNZIP will approximately equal in size (number of bytes) the original data set, but will not use the same allocation units as the original data set that was archived by GIMZIP.