/TRANSFER_MODE=option
Specifies the I/O method to be used in the transfer. This
qualifier is useful for all file formats. You can specify any
one of the following options:
Option Function
AUTOMATIC Allows the EXCHANGE/NETWORK command to
determine the appropriate transfer mode.
This is the default transfer mode.
BLOCK Opens both the input and output files for
block I/O and transfers the files block by
block.
CONVERT[=option[,...]]Reads records from the input file, packs
them into blocks, and writes them to the
output file in block mode. The options
listed in the following table determine
what additional information is inserted
during the transfer.
RECORD Opens both the input and output files for
record I/O and transfers the files record
by record. The target system must support
record operations, and the input file must
be record oriented.
The following four options are available with the CONVERT
transfer mode to control the insertion of special characters
in the records:
Option Function
CARRIAGE_CONTROL Any carriage control information in the
input file is interpreted, expanded into
actual characters, and included with each
record.
COUNTED The length of each record, in bytes, is
included at the beginning of the record.
The length includes all FIXED_CONTROL,
CARRIAGE_CONTROL, and RECORD_SEPARATOR
information in each record.
FIXED_CONTROL All variable length with fixed control
record (VFC) information is written to
the output file as part of the data. This
information follows the record length
information, if the COUNTED option was
specified.
RECORD_SEPARATOR= A 1- or 2-byte record separator is inserted
separator between each record. Record separator
characters are the last characters in the
record. The three choices for separator
characters are as follows:
o CR: Specifies carriage return only.
o LF: Specifies line feed only.
o CRLF: Specifies carriage return and line
feed.