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Chapter 3. Functional Command SyntaxThis chapter provides an overview of the access method services functionalcommands <strong>for</strong> catalogs and <strong>for</strong> objects that are cataloged in them. The followingchapters discuss each command in detail.Examples of each command appear at the end of each chapter.See “Notational conventions” on page xv <strong>for</strong> an explanation of the symbols used inthe command syntax. See “How to code subparameters” on page xvii <strong>for</strong> codingconventions that apply.Functional Command Syntax SummaryThis chapter provides reference in<strong>for</strong>mation about the following functionalcommands.Table 1. Summary of AMS commandsCommandsALLOCATEALTERBLDINDEXCREATEDCOLLECTDEFINEFunctionsAllocates Virtual Storage <strong>Access</strong> <strong>Method</strong>(VSAM) and non-VSAM data sets.Alters attributes of data sets, catalogs, tapelibrary entries, and tape volume entries thathave already been defined.Builds alternate indexes <strong>for</strong> existing datasets.Creates tape library entries and tape volumeentries.Collects data set, volume usage, andmigration utility in<strong>for</strong>mation.Defines the following objects:vvvvvvvvALIAS Defines an alternate name <strong>for</strong> anon-VSAM data set or a user catalog.ALTERNATEINDEX defines an alternateindex.CLUSTER Defines a cluster <strong>for</strong> anentry-sequenced, key-sequenced, linear, orrelative record data set.GENERATIONDATAGROUP Defines acatalog entry <strong>for</strong> a generation data group.NONVSAM Defines a catalog entry <strong>for</strong> anon-VSAM data set.PAGESPACE Defines an entry <strong>for</strong> a pagespace data set.PATH Defines a path directly over a basecluster or over an alternate index and itsrelated base cluster.USERCATALOG|MASTERCATALOGDefines a user catalog.© Copyright IBM Corp. 1973, 2004 27

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