Specifying the number of tape files to process
Several File Manager tape options let you specify the number
of tape
files that you want to work with.
- You can accept the default (to process one tape file).
- You can specify a number of tape files from 1 to 99 999.
- With
some tape options, you can specify
EOVto process all files until the end-of-volume (double tape mark or EOV label). - With Tape to
Tape (option 4.2.1), you can specify
EOTto copy until the physical end-of-tape. Continuation volumes are not requested. - With some options,
you can specify
EODto process all files until a specified delimiter is encountered. First, use the EOD entry field on the Set Processing Options (option 0) panel to set an EOD delimiter, then use a tape option withEODas the number of files.
Some tapes (such as program installation
tapes) may have multiple tape marks between
files. To make sure that all files are processed or to process input
tapes beyond the
end-of-volume, specify EOD or a number greater than
the number of
files on the tape. To prevent a tape from running off the reel,
File Manager stops if
it encounters a data check after a tape mark. If reading records does
not produce a
data check, File Manager processes all records until the physical
end of the tape is
reached.