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SPLINK

Prolog  

Control Block Contents  
   SPLINK DSECT

Storage Layout  

Cross Reference (Contains links to field and bit definitions)  


SPLINK Prolog

 NAME       : SPLINK
 DESCRIPTION: VM/SP 370 SPOOL FILE DATA BLOCK
 DSECT      : SPLINK
 FUNCTION   : THIS DSECT WHEN SPOOL FILES NEED TO BE TRANS-
              LATED TO VM/SP FORMAT.  (IT IS ANALOGOUS TO
              THE VM/XA SPDBK.)
 CREATED BY : HCPSXSPL FOR DIAGNOSE X'14' AND SPTAPE COMMANDS.
 DELETED BY : NOT APPLICABLE

 

SPLINK Control Block Content


SPLINK DSECT

Hex   Dec Type/Val   Lng Label (dup)    Comments
---- ---- --------- ---- -------------- --------
0000    0 Structure      SPLINK         VM/SP 370 SPOOL FILE DATA BLOCK
0000    0 Signed       4 SPNXTPAG       DASD LOC. (DCHR) OF NEXT PAGE
0004    4 Signed       4 SPPREPAG       DASD LOC. (DCHR) OF PREV PAGE
0008    8 Signed       4 SPRMISC        USE VARIES ACCORDING TO CALLER
000C   12 Signed       4 SPRECNUM       NUMBER OF DATA RECORDS IN BUFFER
0010   16 Bitstring    1 SPLKDATA (0)   START OF SPLINK DATA AREA
          00000010       SPSIZE         (*-SPLINK) SIZE IN BYTES
0010   16 Signed       4 * (1004)       AREA FOR CCW'S AND DATA
          00000FC0       SPSIZORG       (*-SPLINK) SIZE WITH ORIGINAL
                                        NODE/USERID
0FC0 4032 Character    8 SPORIGID       DIAGNOSE X'F8' ORIGINATING NODE
0FC8 4040 Character    8 SPNODEID       DIAGNOSE X'F8' ORIGINATING USERID
          00000FD0       SPDATLEN       (*-SPLINK) SIZE WITHOUT ORIGINAL
                                        NODE/USERID
0FD0 4048 Character    4 SPCHAR         3800 CHAR ARR TABLE 0 FOR FILE
0FD4 4052 Signed       4 SPSPLNKC       COUNT OF SPLINKS FOR THIS FILE
0FD8 4056 Signed       2 SPRECMAX       MAX CCW DATA LENGHT IN FILE
0FDA 4058 Character    6 *              RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE
0FE0 4064 Character    4 SPFCB          3800 FCB FOR FILE
0FE4 4068 Character    4 SPCMOD         3800 COPY MOD FOR FILE
0FE8 4072 Character    4 SPCHAR1        3800 ARR TABLE 1 FOR FILE
0FEC 4076 Character    4 SPCHAR2        3800 ARR TABLE 2 FOR FILE
0FF0 4080 Character    4 SPCHAR3        3800 ARR TABLE 3 FOR FILE
0FF4 4084 Bitstring    1 SPFLSHC        S*1 3800 FLASH COUNT
0FF5 4085 Bitstring    1 SPFLAG1        S*2 3800 FLAG BYTE
          1... ....      SPCOPYFG       X'80' MULT COPIES IN ONE
                                        TRANSMISSION
          .1.. ....      SPBTSTAC       X'40' 3800 BTS SPECIFIED
0FF6 4086 Bitstring    1 SPCMCHR        S*3 COPY MODIFICATION TRANSLATE
                                        NUM
0FF7 4087 Bitstring    1 SPPGLEN        S*4 PAPER LENGTH (1/2 - INCHES)
          00000FF8       SPNDATLN       (*-SPLINK) PTR END OF DATA UNLESS
                                        FIRST SPLINK
0FF8 4088 Signed       2 SPFILID        FILID USED FOR VERIFICATION
0FFA 4090 Character    6 SPTIME         SFBTIME- USED FOR VERIFICATION
          00000030       SPENDSIZ       *-SPCHAR END OF BUFFER SIZE IN
                                        BYTES
          00000FF0       SPLKDSZ        *-SPLKDATA Length of the data
                                        area
0004    4 Signed       2 *
0006    6 Signed       2 SPCPTRAP       CPTRAP SPANNED RECORD LENGTH
          00000088       SPTAGSZ        136 VM/SP 370 TAG RECORD LENGTH
          0000000C       SPTAG          12 OFFSET BEYOND SPDATA TO TAG
                                        DATA

 

SPLINK Storage Layout

          
*** SPLINK - VM/SP 370 SPOOL FILE DATA BLOCK
*
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*   0 |         SPNXTPAG          |         SPPREPAG          |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*   8 |         SPRMISC           |         SPRECNUM          |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
*  10 |///////////////////////////////////////////////////////|
*     =///////////////////////////////////////////////////////=
*     |///////////////////////////////////////////////////////|
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
* FC0 |                       SPORIGID                        |
*     +-------------------------------------------------------+
* FC8 |                       SPNODEID                        |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
* FD0 |          SPCHAR           |         SPSPLNKC          |
*     +-------------+-------------+---------------------------+
* FD8 |  SPRECMAX   |/////////////////////////////////////////|
*     +-------------+-------------+---------------------------+
* FE0 |          SPFCB            |          SPCMOD           |
*     +---------------------------+---------------------------+
* FE8 |         SPCHAR1           |         SPCHAR2           |
*     +---------------------------+------+------+------+------+
* FF0 |         SPCHAR3           |:LSHC |:LAG1 |:MCHR |:GLEN |
*     +-------------+-------------+------+------+------+------+
* FF8 |  SPFILID    |                 SPTIME                  |
*     +-------------+-----------------------------------------+
*1000
*
*** SPLINK - VM/SP 370 SPOOL FILE DATA BLOCK
          
*** Overlay for SPPREPAG in SPLINK
*
*                                 +-------------+-------------+
*   0 ...                       4 |/////////////|  SPCPTRAP   |
*                                 +-------------+-------------+
*   8
*
*** Overlay for SPPREPAG in SPLINK

 

SPLINK Cross Reference

Symbol         Dspl Value
-------------- ---- -----
SPBTSTAC       0FF5 40
SPCHAR         0FD0
SPCHAR1        0FE8
SPCHAR2        0FEC
SPCHAR3        0FF0
SPCMCHR        0FF6
SPCMOD         0FE4
SPCOPYFG       0FF5 80
SPCPTRAP       0006
SPDATLEN       0FC8 00000FD0
SPENDSIZ       0FFA 00000030
SPFCB          0FE0
SPFILID        0FF8
SPFLAG1        0FF5
SPFLSHC        0FF4
SPLKDATA       0010
SPLKDSZ        0FFA 00000FF0
SPNDATLN       0FF7 00000FF8
SPNODEID       0FC8
SPNXTPAG       0000
SPORIGID       0FC0
SPPGLEN        0FF7
SPPREPAG       0004
SPRECMAX       0FD8
SPRECNUM       000C
SPRMISC        0008
SPSIZE         0010 00000010
SPSIZORG       0010 00000FC0
SPSPLNKC       0FD4
SPTAG          0006 0000000C
SPTAGSZ        0006 00000088
SPTIME         0FFA

This information is based on z/VM V4R3.0. Last updated on 1 May 2002 at 11:13:59 EDT.
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