SYSTERM DD statement

The SYSTERM DD statement is optional. It defines a data set for binder messages that supplements the SYSPRINT data set.

SYSTERM output is defined by including a SYSTERM DD statement and specifying TERM in the PARM field of the EXEC statement. SYSTERM output consists of messages that are written to both the SYSTERM and SYSPRINT data sets.

The following example shows the SYSTERM DD statement used to specify the system output unit:

//SYSTERM    DD     SYSOUT=A

The data set characteristics for SYSTERM (LRECL=80 and RECFM=FB) are supplied by the binder. The block size can be any multiple of 80 bytes acceptable to the hardware. If necessary, the binder modifies the data set characteristics of an existing data set to enforce the LRECL and RECFM values. SYSTERM can also be allocated to a z/OS UNIX file. In this case, FILEDATA=TEXT must also be specified.