The number of RECORDS or CHARACTERS specified in a BLOCK CONTAINS clause is used to determine block size.
Specify 10 RECORDS, and the block will be exactly 10x the length of the record. But that may not be the right size, depending on the
environment. Instead, it is considered a best practice to specify 0 RECORDS, so the block size will be calculated automatically.
Noncompliant code example
FD OUTFILE1
BLOCK CONTAINS 32760 RECORDS >* Noncompliant
RECORDING MODE V.
FD OUTFILE2
BLOCK CONTAINS 1024 CHARACTERS. >* Noncompliant
Compliant solution
FD OUTFILE1
BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS
RECORDING MODE V.
FD OUTFILE2
BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS.
Exceptions
0 CHARACTERS is compliant.
