6.8.2.4 Examples

Example 1:

Define a 3480 tape device on device address 0582. The tape device is an Optical Media Attach (OMA)
virtual file (CD-ROM). The filename of the Tape Descriptor File (TDF) is "B00105.TDF" located in the
current search path.

0582 3480 /CDROM/TAPES/UAA186.TDF

Example 2:

Define a 3490 tape device on device address 0581. The tape device is an Optical Media Attach (OMA)
virtual file (CD-ROM). The filename of the Tape Descriptor File (TDF) is "UAA186.TDF" located in path
"/CDROM/TAPES/".

0581 3490 B00105.TDF

6.8.3 AWSTAPE virtual files

6.8.3.1 Function

AWSTAPE device statements are used to define AWSTAPE virtual files to the Hercules configuration.
AWSTAPEs contain a complete tape in one file. AWSTAPE files consist of variable length EBCDIC
blocks. Each block is preceded by a 6-byte header. Filemarks are represented by a 6-byte header with no
data. This is the same format as is used by the IBM P/390 systems. The argument specifies the location
of the AWSTAPE file.

6.8.3.2 Syntax

Descriptive

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