WTM (Write Tape Mark)
- Purpose
- Write one or more tape marks.
- Usage notes
- Tape marks are special
records on tape. Data between two tape
marks make up a tape file. Two consecutive tape marks are considered
a null file or indicate the end of data on a tape volume (if after
an end-of-file or an end-of-volume label, or on a NL tape).
Specify a DDNAME for the tape.
- Options
- None.
- Related function
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- INT
- Initialize a tape
- ddname
- Refers to a DD or TSO ALLOC statement.
- LABEL=BLP
- Specifies that bypass label processing is used. This parameter must be specified with the first Z Data Tools function that uses the tape. For BLP processing requirements, see "Customizing the Security Environment" in the Z Data Tools Customization Guide.
- mm
- A 2-byte tape mode as shown in Tape density and mode values.
- ntmks
- Number of tape marks to be written. The maximum is 9 999; the default is 1.