PLUSIN control statement syntax

The control statement data set must have the ddname PLUSIN and must contain 80-character fixed length records.

A command can have keywords and comments, separated where necessary with separators and continuation characters (if statements continue to the next line). You can enter commands anywhere in positions 1 through 72 of the input statement (positions 73 through 80 are ignored). For examples of control statement syntax, see Figure 1.

Figure 1. Examples of control statement syntax

     /* THIS LINE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A COMMENT */

BUILD DBD(PRIMEDB)                       /* KEYWORD WITH VALUE */

BUILD DBD(PRIMEDB) INDD(DFSURWF1) -      /* CONTINUATION OF KEYWORDS*/
          MONITOR(10000)

Commands

The control statement must begin with a valid command. A separator must follow a command.

Keywords

Keywords follow the command and invoke the options discussed in this chapter. The keywords table in Commands-and-keywords-overview summarizes the accepted and default values for the keywords. All keywords are non-positional. You can specify a keyword by itself, with a value following it in parentheses, or with a list following it in parentheses. If you do not specify a keyword, the utility uses the value built for that keyword as specified in How-the-utilities-build-options.

The keyword value can be any character string up to 255 characters. All characters are allowed, but you must enclose any character string that contains special characters in apostrophes.

Comments

Comments consist of an alphanumeric character string beginning with a slash-asterisk (/*) and ending with an asterisk-slash (*/). Each utility assumes a comment has ended if it reaches the end of the statement before it encounters the asterisk-slash (*/) and if the last character in the statement is not a continuation character. Comments cannot start in position 1 of an input statement.

Separators

Use a blank, a comma, or a comment when you need a separator. More than one separator is allowed between keywords. Do not use a separator between a keyword and its value.

Continuation characters

The valid continuation characters are the plus sign (+) and minus sign (-). Use them to continue control statements and comments that do not fit on a single line of input. The continuation character must be the last nonblank character. Use the continuation characters as follows:

Use the plus sign (with no spaces before it) to continue values for a single keyword to a second or subsequent lines. The plus sign deletes leading separators from the continued line.
Use the minus sign (with a space before it) to continue a list of keywords for a single command. The minus sign does not delete leading separators from the continued line.