SYSPRINT and SYSLOUT DD statements

If you use IEWBLINK or an alias of IEWBLINK, the SYSPRINT DD statement is required. If you use IEWBLDGO or one of its aliases, you can include a SYSLOUT DD statement, but SYSLOUT is not required. Both SYSPRINT and SYSLOUT describe the diagnostic output data set, which can be a sequential data set assigned to a printer or to a temporary storage device. If a temporary storage device is used, the data records contain an ANSI control character as the first byte.

The usual specification for this data set is SYSOUT=*. The binder uses a logical record length of 121 and a record format of FBA and allows the system to determine an appropriate block size.

Table 1 shows the data set requirements for SYSPRINT and SYSLOUT. Block size is the only information that you can provide.

Table 1. SYSPRINT and SYSLOUT DCB parameters. This table shows the logical record length, block size, and record format.
LRECL	BLKSIZE	RECFM
121	121	FA
121	32670 (maximum size)	FBA
125		VA or VBA

SYSPRINT or SYSLOUT can also be assigned to a z/OS UNIX file. In this case, FILEDATA=TEXT must also be specified.