Version 4.2.6 for Mainframes (Update)
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FSPOOL - Natural Advanced Facilities Spool File

This Natural profile parameter only applies to Natural Advanced Facilities.

It defines five subparameters for the Natural Advanced Facilities spool file. The spool file is the database file that is used by Natural Advanced Facilities. This file must be different from the FNAT, FUSER, FDIC and FSEC system files.

Possible settings database-ID 1 - 65535, except 255

Database ID 255 is reserved for logical system files for Software AG products, see profile parameter LFILE.

If any component of the FSPOOL setting is not specified, the corresponding setting of the parameter DBID, FNR, SYSPSW or SYSCIP applies for the spool file.

file-number 1 - 65535 Database file number.
password 1 - 8 characters

The password is only required if the spool file has been password-protected using the Adabas security feature.

Note for Natural with VSAM System Files: The password is used to specify the logical name (DD or DLBL) of the system file as defined to VSAM. Example: FSPOOL=(10,8,SYSVSAM)

For further information, see Using Natural with VSAM System Files in the Natural for VSAM documentation.

cipher-key 8 characters The cipher key is only required if spool file has been ciphered using the Adabas security feature.
RO

Read-only option.

RO indicates that the Natural Advanced Facilities spool file is "read-only" and is only specified if modifications on the file are to be disabled. This would mean, for example, that no reports could be stored on the spool file.
Default setting none
Dynamic specification yes If you specify the FSPOOL parameter dynamically in conjunction with any of the parameters DBID, FNR, SYSPSW or SYSCIP, you must specify the FSPOOL parameter after any of these parameters.
Specification within session no

The syntax for this parameter is:

FSPOOL=(database-ID,file-number,password,cipher-key,RO)

Example:

FSPOOL=(10,8)

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