- Purpose
- Move the tape forward one or more
tape files.
- Usage notes
- A tape
file consists of blocks of data delimited by a tape mark. For
this function, a tape label set is also considered a file. The tape
stops
after the specified number of tape marks has been read.
The tape is positioned after the tape mark and a following read or
write command reads or overwrites the record following that tape mark.
- Options
- None.
- Related
functions
-
- BSF
- Move the tape backward
one or more files
- BSR
- Move the
tape backward one or more records
- FSR
- Move the tape forward one or more records
- REW
- Rewind a tape to its load point
- RUN
- Rewind a tape and unload it
Syntax
FSF
[ LABEL=
BLP ] {
INPUT=ddname |
OUTPUT=ddname }
[ { NFILES
=1 | NFILES=
nfiles } ]
- ddname
- Refers to a DD or TSO ALLOC statement.
- LABEL=BLP
- Specifies that bypass label
processing is used.
This parameter must be specified with the first File Manager function
that uses the tape.
For BLP processing requirements, see
“Customizing
the Security Environment?
in the File Manager for z/OS Customization Guide.
- nfiles
- Number of tape files to be spaced forward. The maximum is 99 999; the default is 1. Leading tape marks are also counted.