EDIT Subcommands-QUIT, RECFM QUIT Use the QUIT subcommand to terminate the current editing session and
leave the previous copyox ttte if any, intact on the disk. The
format of theQUIT subcommand is: .-- I QUI'! L- 1. You can use the QUIT subcommand when you have made a global change that introduced errors into your file; or whenever you discover
thatyou have made errors in editing a file and want to cancel your
editing session.
If aSAVE subcommand or automatic save request has been issued. the
file remains as it was when last written.
2. The subcommand is a convenient way to terminate an edit
session whenyou enter an incorrect filename on the EDIT command
line, or when you edit a file merely to examine, but not to change,
its contents.
TheCMS ready message indicates that control has been returned to CMS. RECFI\,1! Use the RECFM subcommand to indicate to the editor whether the record
formatof the file is fixed-length or variable-length, or to display the
currentRECFM setting. The format of the RECFM subcommand is: r I r , I RECfm 'PI 1111 , ., L J __________________________________________________________ -J F indicates fixed-length records.
v indicates variable-length records.
1. V is assumed by default for all newEXEC, LISTING, FREEFORT, VSBDAT!, and SCRIPT files. Usually, a format file
occupies a smaller amount of disk space because trailing blanks are
deleted from each line before it is written onto disk.When variable-length VSBDATA files are written to disk, however,
trailing blanks are not truncated (to allowVSBDATA file to span
records) .
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leave the previous copy
format of the
that
editing session.
If a
file remains as it was when last written.
2. The
session when
line, or when you edit a file merely to examine, but not to change,
its contents.
The
format
current
v indicates variable-length records.
1. V is assumed by default for all new
occupies a smaller amount of disk space because trailing blanks are
deleted from each line before it is written onto disk.
trailing blanks are not truncated (to allow
records) .
Section 3. EDIT Subcommands and