Controls whether the output file is formatted, specifies the type of formatting, and controls whether a list of generation differences is included in the DIFFERENCES output. You can specify the parameters in any order. data-format Specifies the type of format. Possible values for data formats include: ASCII (Default), DECIMAL, HEXADECIMAL, and OCTAL. data-partition Specifies the type of data partition. Possible values for data partitions include: BYTE, LONGWORD, RECORDS (Default), and WORD. generation-differences Specifies whether or not a list of generation differences is to be included in the DIFFERENCES output. This option is applicable only if two element generations are compared by the DIFFERENCES command. In any other case, this option is ignored. Possible values for generation-differences include: GENERATION_DIFFERENCES and NOGENERATION_DIFFERENCES (Default).