Determines whether short records are to be padded. Format /PAD [=[%b]x] /NOPAD (DEFAULT) Specifies that the short records are to be padded with either ASCII characters (A through Z, a through z, or 0 through 9) or numeric values. To specify x as a numeric value, you must specify the numeric base using the percent symbol (%) followed by one of the following characters: D Indicates that x is a decimal number. O Indicates that x is an octal number. X Indicates that x is a hexadecimal number. The numeric value can be any number from 0 to 255.