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

Chapter 19. DEFINE USERCATALOGThe DEFINE USERCATALOG command defines a user catalog. When you use thiscommand, you can specify attributes for the catalog as a whole and for thecomponents of the catalog. The syntax of the DEFINE USERCATALOG commandis:DEFINE USERCATALOG|MASTERCATALOG (parameters) -[DATA(parameters)] -[INDEX(parameters)] -[CATALOG(subparameters)]DEFINEUSERCATALOG|MASTERCATALOG(NAME(entryname){CYLINDERS(primary[ secondary])|KILOBYTES(primary[ secondary])|MEGABYTES(primary[ secondary])|RECORDS(primary[ secondary])|TRACKS(primary[ secondary])}VOLUME(volser)[BUFFERSPACE(size|3072)][BUFND(number)][BUFNI(number)][CONTROLINTERVALSIZE(size)][DATACLASS(class)][ECSHARING|NOECSHARING][FILE(ddname)][FREESPACE(CI-percent[ CA-percent]|0 0)][ICFCATALOG|VOLCATALOG][LOCK|UNLOCK][MANAGEMENTCLASS(class)][MODEL(entryname[ catname])][OWNER(ownerid)][RECORDSIZE(average maximum|4086 32400)][SHAREOPTIONS(crossregion[crosssystem]| 3 4)][STORAGECLASS(class)][STRNO(number|2)][TO(date)|FOR(days)][WRITECHECK|NOWRITECHECK])[DATA ({CYLINDERS(primary[ secondary])|KILOBYTES(primary[ secondary])|MEGABYTES(primary[ secondary])|RECORDS(primary[ secondary])|TRACKS(primary[ secondary])}[BUFFERSPACE(size)][BUFND(number)][CONTROLINTERVALSIZE(size)][FREESPACE(CI-percent[ CA-percent]| 0 0)][RECORDSIZE(average maximum| 4086 32400)][WRITECHECK|NOWRITECHECK])][INDEX ({CYLINDERS(primary[ secondary])|© Copyright IBM Corp. 1973, 2004 201