Data set header section

Offsets Name Length Format Description
0 0 S42DSNXT 4 binary Offset to the next data set header section (0 if the last data set).
4 4 S42DSN 44 EBCDIC Data set name.
48 30 S42DSTYP 1 binary Data set type.
Value
Meaning
0
Other
1
Physical sequential
2
PDS
3
PDSE
4
Direct access
5
ISAM
6
EXCP
7
Extended physical sequential data set
10
HFS
16
KSDS data component
17
KSDS index component
18
Variable RRDS data component
19
Variable RRDS index component
20
Fixed length RRDS
21
Linear data set
22
ESDS
49 31 S42DSCOD

S42FIRST
*

1 binary Entry descriptor flag
Bit
Meaning
1... ....
First data set entry since Open.
.xxx xxxx
Reserved.
50 32 S42DSFL1

S42DSGSR
S42DSLSR
S42DSRLS
S42DSNSR
S42DSEXC
S42DSFXD
S42DSPL
S42DSEF
S42DSEFC

1 binary Data set descriptor flags
Bit
Meaning
11xx xxxx
VSAM buffer flags
11.. ....
GSR
10.. ....
LSR
01.. ....
RLS
00.. ....
NSR
..x. ....
Reserved
....1 ....
Open for EXCP processing
..... 1...
Non-VSAM fixed length records
..... .1..
Program library
..... ..1.
Extended format
..... ...1
Compressed format
51 33 * 1 EBCDIC Reserved.
52 34 S42DSIOO 4 binary Offset to data set I/O statistics section.
56 38 S42DSAMO 4 binary Offset to access method statistics section.
60 3C S42DSVOL 6 EBCDIC Volume serial number.
66 42 S42DSDEV 2 binary Device number.
68 44 S42DSSC 8 EBCDIC Storage class name.
76 4C S42DSBSZ 4 binary Block size. For concatenated data sets, this data is taken from the first data set.
80 50 S42DSTRP 2 binary Number of stripes
82 52 * 6 EBCDIC Reserved.