Use the DSNTYPE statement to specify whether FTP creates local physical sequential data sets as physical sequential basic format data sets or physical sequential large format data sets. You can also use the SIte and LOCSIte subcommands to set this keyword.
- Server
- This setting applies when creating data sets on the server's system.
- Client
- This setting applies when creating data sets on the client's system.
Syntax
.-DSNTYPE SYSTEM------. >>-+---------------------+------------------------------------->< '-DSNTYPE--+-BASIC--+-' +-LARGE--+ '-SYSTEM-'
Parameters
- BASIC
- Allocates physical sequential data sets as physical sequential basic format data sets.
- LARGE
- Allocates physical sequential data sets as physical sequential large format data sets.
- SYSTEM
- Allocates physical sequential data sets with the SMS data class value, or the system default value.
Examples
To allocate new physical sequential data sets as physical large format data sets, code the following statement in FTP.DATA:
DSNTYPE LARGERelated
topics:
- See the storage management subsystem (SMS) information in the z/OS Communications Server: IP Configuration Guide for more information about specifying attributes when allocating new data sets.
- BLKSIZE (FTP client and server) statement
- DATACLASS (FTP client and server) statement
- EATTR (FTP client and server) statement
- LRECL (FTP client and server) statement
- PRIMARY (FTP client and server) statement
- RECFM (FTP client and server) statement
- RETPD (FTP client and server) statement
- SECONDARY (FTP client and server) statement
- SPACETYPE (FTP client and server) statement
- VOLUME (FTP client and server) statement