HOSTCONTZERO

For files defined with the RECORD CONTAINS ZERO clause, this directive instructs the File Handler to take the record length from the catalog rather than the file description entry.

Syntax:

>>-.---.-.----.-------HOSTCONTZERO-------><
   +-/-+ +-NO-+

Parameters:

None

Properties:

Default: HOSTCONTZERO for mainframe dialects; NOHOSTCONTZERO for Micro Focus and non-mainframe dialects
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