- 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
.-NFILES=1------.
>>-FSF--+-----------+--+-INPUT=ddname--+--+---------------+----><
'-LABEL=BLP-' '-OUTPUT=ddname-' '-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 Z Data Tools function
that uses the tape.
For BLP processing requirements, see
“Customizing the Security Environment”
in the Z Data Tools 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.