gtpg2m4xGeneral Macros

TREWC-Rewind General Tape and Wait

This general macro positions the specified general tape at the beginning of its initial data record.

Format




label
A symbolic name can be assigned to the macro statement.

NAME
Specifies the symbolic general tape name. It can be:

yyy
A 3-character string representing a symbolic general tape name. The first 2 characters must be alphabetic, and the third character must be alphabetic or numeric. For general tapes, the first 2 characters cannot be RT.

(Rn)
The number of a register containing a pointer to the symbolic real-time tape name. n must be a decimal number from 0-7, 14, or 15.

ERROR=label
The label of an operational program error routine within the current program segment must be specified.

F
An optional keyword parameter can be specified to indicate whether fallback to the first volume of a multivolume file is to be allowed.

YES
Fallback is to be allowed.

NO
Fallback is to be inhibited.

If omitted, a default of YES is assumed.

The following macro format is still supported:



label
A symbolic name can be assigned to the macro statement.

name
A 3-character symbolic general tape name must be specified as the first parameter.

error
The label of an operational program error routine within the current program segment must be specified as the second parameter.

F
An optional keyword parameter can be specified to indicate whether fallback to the first volume of a multivolume file is to be allowed.

YES
Fallback is to be allowed.

NO
Fallback is to be inhibited.

If omitted, a default of YES is assumed.

Entry Requirements

Return Conditions

Programming Considerations

Examples

None.