Exchange/SNA Manual

SEND Command
Exchange/SNA Commands
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CO[MPRESS] { AL[L] | BL[ANKS] | NON[E] | TRAI[LING] }
specifies the type of data compression to perform, if any. The allowed types
are the following:
AL[L]
specifies that the following types of data compression are performed:
Trailing blanks are truncated.
Three to sixty-three consecutive nonblank characters are compressed
to a string control byte (SCB) character followed by the nonblank
character that was compressed. See “Considerations” below for a
definition of the SCB.
Two to sixty-three consecutive blanks are compressed to a single SCB.
See “Considerations,” below, for a definition of the SCB.
BL[ANKS]
specifies that trailing blanks are truncated and two to sixty-three
consecutive, nontrailing blanks are compressed to a single SCB. See
“Considerations,” below, for a definition of the SCB.
NON[E]
specifies that no data compression is to be performed.
TRAI[LING]
specifies that trailing blanks are truncated.
If you omit this parameter, all types of data compression are performed
(COMPRESS ALL).
If you specify TRANSLATE OFF, you must also specify COMPRESS NONE.
EN[D] { IM[MED] | DE[FER] }
specifies whether an end-of-file message is sent to the remote system at the
end of the send file.
IM[MED]
sends an end-of-file message to the host at the end of the send file. Use
this when the send file is the last file in a multiple-file job or when it is the
only file in the job.