gtpg2m4yGeneral Macros

TRSVC-Reserve General Tape

This general macro reserves the specified general tape for use by some future ECB. The tape will retain its current positioning until the future ECB takes control with a TASNC macro.

Format




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

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

ccc
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 general tape name. n must be a decimal number from 0-7, 14, or 15.

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.

Entry Requirements

Return Conditions

Programming Considerations

Examples

None.