BLKSIZE (FTP client and server) statement

Use the BLKSIZE statement to specify the block size of newly allocated data sets.

Server: This setting applies when creating files on the server's system (for example, with a PUT subcommand).
Client: This setting applies when creating files on the client's system (for example, with a GET subcommand).

Syntax


   .-BLKSIZE 6233------.   
>>-+-------------------+---------------------------------------><
   '-BLKSIZE--+------+-'   
              '-size-'

size: Specifies the block size of newly allocated data sets. The valid range is 0 - 32 760. Specifying no value, or a value of 0 for block size, allows the block size from a model DCB data set or SMS dataclass to be used. The default block size is 6 233.

If you specify the BLKSIZE statement without a size, FTP does not specify the block size when allocating new data sets.
The block size attribute can be obtained from an SMS data class using the DATACLASS configuration statement, from a model data set using the DCBDSN configuration statement, or from the BLKSIZE statement.
Use BLKSIZE without a size if you have:
- Specified a DATACLASS statement and want to use the blocksize from the data class, or
- Specified a DCBDSN statement and want to use the blocksize from the model data set.
If you specify a DATACLASS, a DCBDSN, and BLKSIZE without size, the value from the model data set is used.
To override the blocksize attribute from the DATACLASS or DCBDSN settings:
- Specify BLKSIZE with a value other than 0, or
- Do not specify the BLKSIZE statement, and use the default.