ATTACH TAPE DEVICES/ CHANGE BLOCK-SIZE Statement

Use these statements to attach tape devices or change tape attachment blocksizes.

Format

ATTACH devunit,blocksize THEN/ELSE ...

Description

The ELSE clause is taken if the required ATTACH was not successfully completed. In such a case, SYSTEM(0) provides the reason for failure as follows:

  1. Invalid tape type specified.

  2. No such tape device/unit configured.

  3. Someone else is using this device/unit.

See Also

Statement and Function Reference