PARM

The following PARM parameters of the EXEC statement are supported.

>--,PARM=--.-CENTWIN=.-s-.---.--------<<
           |         +-f-+   |
           |                 |
           +-SIZE-.-n------+-+
           |      +-nK-----+ |
           |      +-nM-----+ |
           |      +-MAX----+ |
           |      +-MAX-m--+ |
           |      +-MAX-mK-+ |
           |      +-MAX-mM-+ |
           |                 |
           +-SKIPREC=z-------+
           |                 |
           +-STOPAFT=n-------+
           |                 |
           +-VLSHRT----------+
           |                 |
           +-Y2PAST=.-s-.----+
           |         +-f-+   |
           |                 |
           +-SIGN-EBCDIC-----+
           |                 |
           +-SORT-EBCDIC-----+
Note:
  • VLSHRT is ON by default.
  • SIGN-EBCDIC and SORT-EBCDIC are MFJSORT extensions; see Sort/Merge Operations (MFJSORT) for more information.

In this COBOL system, the following parameter fields are only parsed and ignored:

Parameter Fields
ABEND | NOABEND
ARESALL (n | nK | nM)
AVGRLEN n
BSAM
CINV | NOCINV
COBEXIT (COB1 | COB2)
DSPSIZE (MAX | n)
DYNALLOC [ =( d | n | d, n | OFF)]
EFS (name | NONE)
EQUALS | NOEQUALS
E15 =COB
E35 =COB
FILSZ (x | Ex | Ux)
HIRPMAX (OPTIMAL | N | p%)
LIST | NOLIST
LISTX | NOLISTX
LOCALE (name | CURRENT | NONE)
MSGDDN ddname
MSGPRT (ALL | CRITICAL | NONE)
ODMAXBF (n | nK | nM)
OUTREL | NOOUTREL
OVFLO (RC0 | RC4 | RC16)
PAD (RC0 | RC4 | RC16)
RC16 (ABE)
RESALL (n | nK | nM)
RESERVE (n | nK | nM)
RESET | NORESET
SDB (LARGE | YES | INPUT | NO)
SOLRF | NOSOLRF
SPANINC (RC0 | RC4 | RC16)
SZERO | NOSZERO
TRUNC (RC0 | RC4 | RC16)
VERIFY | NOVERIFY
VLLONG | NOVLLONG
VLSCMP | NOVLSCMP
NOVLSHRT
VSAMEMT | NOVSAMEMT
VSAMIO | NOVSAMIO
WRKREL | NOWRKREL
WRKSEC | NOWRKSEC
ZDPRINT | NZDPRINT

Use the following table as a guide to help you understand the options that are ignored:

Symbol Meaning
(...) Options within these brackets are required.
[...] Options with these brackets are optional.
+ This symbol follows a set of required or optional brackets to indicate that more than one option can be specified, delimited by a comma.
| This symbol delimits options enclosed in required or optional brackets, to indicate a choice from these options.