Specifying Byte Order

How to:

Operating environments differ in whether the most-significant or least-significant byte is ordered first when storing numeric data. Ordering the most significant byte first is called big-endian (BE), and ordering the least significan byte first is call little-endian (LE).

You may need to specify the byte order in the Master File if you are reading data from a different operating environment.


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Syntax: How to Specify Byte Order
BYTEORDER={BE|LE}

where:

BE

Specifies that the most significant byte is ordered first. Environments that support big-endian byte order include AIX, Solaris, and z/OS.

LE

Specifies that the least significant byte is ordered first. Environments that support little-endian (reverse-byte) byte order include Windows and Linux.


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