Create a file on magnetic tape

Create a file on magnetic tape is a draft programming task. It is not yet considered ready to be promoted as a complete task, for reasons that should be found in its talk page.

In this task, the job is to create a new file called "TAPE.FILE" of any size on Magnetic Tape

JCL

<lang JCL>// EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //* Create a file named "TAPE.FILE" on magnetic tape; "UNIT=TAPE" //* may vary depending on site-specific esoteric name assignment //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD DUMMY //SYSUT2 DD UNIT=TAPE,DSN=TAPE.FILE,DISP=(,CATLG) //SYSUT1 DD * DATA TO BE WRITTEN TO TAPE /* </lang>