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The first format-5 DSCB on the volume is always the second DSCB of the VTOC. If there is more than one format-5 DSCB, it is chained from the previous format-5 DSCB using the DS5PTRDS field.

Table 1 shows the contents of a format-5 DSCB.

Table 1. DSCB Format-5
Offset Dec (Hex)     Type   Length     Name     Description
0(X'00') Bitstring 4 DS5KEYID Key identifier (X'05050505').
4(X'04') Bitstring 5 DS5AVEXT Available extent.
    2   Relative track address of the first track in the extent. Relative to the beginning of the volume.
    2   Number of unused cylinders in the extent.
    1   Number of additional unused tracks.
9(X'09') Bitstring 35 DS5EXTAV Seven available extents.
44(X'2C') Character 1 DS5FMTID Format identifier (X'F5').
45(X'2D') Bitstring 90 DS5MAVET Eighteen available extents.
135(X'87') Bitstring 5 DS5PTRDS Pointer (CCHHR) to next format-5 DSCB, or zero.
140(X'8C')     DS5END -

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