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CONSECUTIVE

The CONSECUTIVE option defines a file with consecutive data set organization. In a data set with CONSECUTIVE organization, records are placed in physical sequence. Given one record, the location of the next record is determined by its physical position in the data set.

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You use the CONSECUTIVE option to access native data sets using either stream-oriented or record-oriented data transmission. You also use it for input files declared with the SEQUENTIAL attribute and associated with a workstation VSAM data set. In this case, records in a workstation VSAM keyed data set are presented in key sequence.

CONSECUTIVE is the default data set organization.

Rational Developer for System z
PL/I for Windows, Version 8.0, Programming Guide