COMPRESSION


Use the COMPRESSION keyword to specify the type of compression to use on the image copy data set that is being created with the IC subcommand.

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Use

COMPRESSION is an optional keyword for the IC subcommand.

Syntax

COMPRESSION=<parameter>

Parameters

Specify one of the following parameter values:

Value

Description

NONE

No compression is used.

FSE

Free space element elimination. This method does not write free space elements or free blocks to the output. No other compression is performed.

CCC

Common character compression. This method compresses repeating groups of low-values, high-values, zeros, blanks, or combinations of these characters. Free blocks are not written to the output. This option compresses the prefix and key portions of the database records, if possible.

DPE

Full character compression. This method compresses all character types using a subset of the BMC’s BMC AMI Data Packer for IMS product. Free blocks are compressed and written to the output. This option compresses the prefix and key portions of the database records, if possible.

Default

COMPRESSION=NONE

Alias

None

 

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