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zAppBuild is a generic build solution for building z/OS applications using Apache Groovy build scripts and IBM Dependency Based Build (DBB) APIs.
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Define sysout files with format recfm(f,b,a) #352

Open FALLAI-Denis opened 1 year ago

FALLAI-Denis commented 1 year ago

Hi,

Various property files declared in the build-conf folder define BPXWDYN formats for sysout files. These files are defined with a recfm(f,b) parameter. In this case, the carriage control characters associated with file records are the machine carriage control characters, most often a non-displayable character.

The presence of non-displayable characters in a file is impractical for working with a file that normally contains only text. Also for debug tools that work with build listings this can be problematic.

I believe it would be better if these files were defined with a recfm=(f,b,a) parameter. In this case, the carriage control characters associated with file records are the ASA carriage control characters, which are displayable characters.

Example present in the Cobol.properties file:

cobol_printTempOptions=cyl space(5,5) unit(vio) blksize(133) lrecl(133) recfm(f,b) new

To have a displayable ASA jump code, we must declare:

cobol_printTempOptions=cyl space(5,5) unit(vio) blksize(133) lrecl(133) recfm(f,b,a) new

See: IBM Machine Code Printer Control Characters ASA carriage control characters

Incidentally, the USS asa command transforms the ASA carriage control characterss into classic text line breaks and page breaks. asa - Interpret ASA/FORTRAN carriage control