gtps4m1z | System Generation |
The system test compiler (STC) is a multi-purpose tape-file generator of both the PTV test unit tapes (TUT) and for standard data file (pilot) tapes (SDF). It is also available to create pilot tapes containing user required application data records, including global records. STC is executed under the control of MVS. Additional information about how to code STC input, plus operating instructions for the package, may be found in the TPF Program Development Support Reference.
As part of a user's generation procedure, the user will have to load and perhaps update two files associated with STC. These are the SDMF and the DRIL files. The release tapes for TPF contain both of these files but they should be reviewed and may need updating prior to the execution of STC.
To use symbolic addressing for user created data records requires that the DRIL file be updated with a description of each new data record. The updating and loading of DRIL is described in the TPF Program Development Support Reference. The DRIL file itself is described in data macro DR1IL.