1, It is a Variable length record with a 4 byte length not shown.
2.  Offset 0 is the 1st byte. Offset is 4 is the 5th byte.

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 4:37 AM, Ravi Gaur <[email protected]> wrote:
> Could somebody please explain me the ICETOOL INCLUDE Parm for copying only 
> Dcollect TYPE  = 'D '
> I look at the output record structure in z/OS V1R12.0 DFSMS AMS for Catalogs 
> and found below
>
>
> Table 15. DCOLLECT Output Record Structure
>
> Offset |   Type           |   Lngth | Name          | Description
> 4(X'4') | CHARACTER |   2         |  DCURCTYP |  RECORD TYPE FOR THIS RECORD
>
> And in most of the sort example we using "9" as beginer key for selecting the 
> particular type..?? like
>
> INCLUDE=((9,2,CH,EQ,C'D ')
>                   |  |  |           |-------Compared field
>                   |  |  ----Character
>                   |  -------2 byte long
>                   --------begining field === why we have 9 though if i look 
> at the Column from the dcollect data it's 4th column :
>
> =COLS> ----+----1----+-
> 000001  µ   V   1X01  Ï
> 000002  °   D   1X01  Ï
> 000003  ö   A   1X01  Ï
>
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