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File Description Specification Keyword Field

File Description Specification Keyword Field

The rules for continuation on the file description specification are:

  • The specification continues on or past position 44 of the next file description specification

  • Positions 7-43 of the continuation line must be blank

    Example

    *.. 1 ...+... 2 ...+... 3 ...+... 4 ...+... 5 ...+... 6 ...+... 7 ...+... 8
    FFilename++IPEASFRlen+LKlen+AIDevice+.Keywords+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    F.....................................Keywords+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    F                                     EXTIND
    F                                     (
    F                                     *INU1
    F                                     )