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

Chapter 18. DEFINE PATHThe DEFINE PATH command defines a path directly over a base cluster or over analternate index and its related base cluster. The syntax of the DEFINE PATHcommand is:DEFINEPATH(NAME(entryname)PATHENTRY(entryname)[MODEL(entryname[ catname])][OWNER(ownerid)][RECATALOG|NORECATALOG][TO(date)|FOR(days)][UPDATE|NOUPDATE][CATALOG(catname)]DEFINE PATH ParametersDEFINE can be abbreviated: DEFThe DEFINE PATH command uses the following parameters.Required ParametersPATHspecifies that a path is to be defined or that a path entry is to be recataloged.NAME(entryname)specifies the path’s name.PATHENTRY(entryname)when the path consists of an alternate index and its base clusters,entryname identifies the alternate index entry. When the path is opened toprocess data records, both the alternate index and the base cluster areopened.When the path consists of a cluster without an alternate index, entrynameidentifies the cluster. You can define the path as though it were an alias forthe cluster. This allows you to specify no-update access to the cluster, sothat the upgrade set will not be required or updated when the cluster isopened (provided the open does not cause sharing of a control blockstructure specifying UPDATE). You can also establish protection attributesfor the alternate name, separate from the protection attributes of thecluster.Entry name must not identify a VVDS.Abbreviation: PENTOptional ParametersCATALOG(catname)identifies the catalog that contains the entry of the cluster or alternate index© Copyright IBM Corp. 1973, 2004 197