Send parameters are optional and are passed as parameters to the host IND$FILE program. The following parameters are valid for the VM/CMS send file transfer operation. When using the following parameters, an open parenthesis character "(" must precede the actual parameter string and a close parenthesis character “)” should follow the parameter string, as in the following example:
( ASCII RECFM F LRECL 125 )
ASCII
If the PC file consists of character data only, specify ASCII. This will cause the translation of all graphic and control characters from ASCII to EBCDIC during the transfer so that it is usable on the host computer.
CRLF
Following the convention for ASCII text files, <CR> <LF> pairs are used to terminate records in the PC file, and a CTRL-Z (x'1A') marks the end of file. If the PC file consists of data other than text such as binary format data, do not specify either ASCII or CRLF.
APPEND
If the CMS file already exists and is not empty, APPEND specifies that the contents of the PC file are to be appended to the file.
RECFM x
Specifies the record format of the CMS file. Replace x with either F, V, or U. F specifies that the data set contains fixed length records. V specifies that the data set contains variable length records. U specifies that the data set contains undefined length records. For existing CMS files the default value is the record format of the CMS file.
LRECL n
Specifies the logical record length n for a CMS file consisting of fixed length records or the maximum logical record length for a CMS file consisting of variable length records. Values permitted are 1 to 32760. For new CMS files the default value is 80. This parameter is ignored if APPEND is specified. For CMS files consisting of variable length records, the actual logical record length (i.e., the value stored in the Data Set Control Block) following the file transfer is set to the minimum of the value of LRECL and the longest record in the CMS file.