z/OS V1R6.0 DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs

Notational conventions1. Sign in to Resource Link using your Resource Link user ID and password.2. Select User Profiles located on the left-hand navigation bar.Note: You cannot access the z/OS licensed documents unless you have registeredfor access to them and received an e-mail confirmation informing you thatyour request has been processed.Printed licensed documents are not available from IBM.You can use the PDF format on either z/OS Licensed Product Library CD-ROM orIBM Resource Link to print licensed documents.IBM uses a uniform notation to describe the syntax of access method servicescommands. This notation is not part of the language; it is a way of describing thesyntax of the commands, and uses these conventions:[ ]Brackets enclose an optional entry. You can, but need not, include the entry.Examples are:v [length]v [MF=E]| An OR sign separates alternative entries. You must include one, and only one,of the entries unless you allow an indicated default. Examples are:v [REREAD|LEAVE]v [length|'S']{ }Braces enclose alternative entries. You must use one, and only one, of theentries. Examples are:v BFTEK={S|A}v {K|D}v {address|S|O}Sometimes alternative entries are shown in a vertical stack of braces. Anexample is:MACRF={{(R[C|P])}{(W[C|P|L])}{(R[C],W[C])}}In the example above, you must choose only one entry from the vertical stack.... An ellipsis indicates that the entry immediately preceding the ellipsis can berepeated. For example:v (dcbaddr,[(options)],. . .)‘ ’A blank indicates that a blank must be present before the next parameter.UPPERCASE BOLDFACEUppercase-boldface type indicates entries that you must code exactly as shown.These entries have keywords and the following punctuation symbols: commas,parentheses, and equal signs. Examples are:v CLOSE , , , ,TYPE=Tv MACRF=(PL,PTC)About this documentxv