The following rules apply to the creation of LPALSTxx:
- On each record, place a string of data set names separated by commas.
- If a data set is not cataloged in the system master catalog but is cataloged in a user catalog, specify in parentheses immediately following the data set name the one to six-character VOLSER of the pack on which the data set resides.
- Indicate continuation by placing a comma followed by at least one blank after the last data set name on a record.
- Be careful not to specify the same data set name more than once in the LPALSTxx members. This applies to data sets with and without a VOLSER specified. The same data set name is concatenated as many times as it appears in all specified LPALSTxx members. Specifying the data set name more than once can cause additional processing during IPL, when the CLPA processes.
- If a module exists in more than one library in the concatenation, the first occurrence of the module is placed in the PLPA. Later occurrences are ignored.
- The LPALIB data set is always the first data set in the concatenation (see Using the SYSLIB statement). Unless overridden by a SYSLIB statement in PROGxx, the LPALST concatenation begins with SYS1.LPALIB. If you do not use SYSLIB and place the LPALIB data set name on any record in any LPALSTxx member, the name is ignored.
Lines that begin with an asterisk in column 1 are
comments.
- On a line, data entered after the last data set name and the optional comma continuation character are treated as a comment and ignored.