NetEx EFT213 Reference Manual Rel 5.4

TRANSLATENote: Do not specify “(SITE)*” as it will find the distributed help text files and attemptto execute them as the alias commands.The search order for an explicit INPUT command is first check the user’s directory(TSO/E prefix) for a data set with the input file name, and then check the INPUTSEARCH qualifier path(s). The search order for an implicit INPUT command (generatedjust before the Invalid Command error) skips the user’s directory search andproceeds directly with the INPUT SEARCH qualifier path(s).For example, the INPUT SEARCH qualifier can be defined to search all the membersin the site partitioned data set that end in ‘UA’ by issuing the command:eFT> set input search (SITE)*UANow any input requests (via the INPUT command or implied), will only require themember name minus the ‘UA’. For example, if a NetEx/eFT input script by thename of MYJOBUA is located in the root directory, it can be invoked as:oreFT> input myjobeFT> myjobNote that if a sequential data set with the name TSO PREFIX.MYJOBUA exists, theINPUT command in the first example will process that data set instead, whereas themyjob command will not.The SEARCH qualifier for the TRANSLATE command is used to locate user definedscript files. The default definition for SEARCH is “(SITE)”. (SITE), when declaredwithout a member name, always refers to a member in the site partitioned dataset on the local host with the name {HOSTCODE:REMOTE}, where{HOSTCODE:REMOTE} is the string substitution syntax for the host character code(ASCII8, EBCDIC, etc.) of the remote host. (USER) has no implied file name associatedwith it for the TRANSLATE command. Users may define SEARCH as astring containing (SITE)xxx or (USER)xxx where ‘xxx’ is the name of a user definedscript file (member name or sequential data set, respectively) containingTRANSLATE commands.For example, issue the following command to define the SEARCH qualifier for theTRANSLATE command to locate a user created script file called IBMTODEC.UAlocated in the user’s TSO prefix:eFT> set translate search (USER)IBMTODECUser-Definable HELP Files Under IBM z/OSA site has the ability to create its own HELP files that NetEx/eFT will look for upon request. User definablehelp files allow a site or user to write help text for newly created aliases and input scripts. The HELP qualifierSEARCH is used to tell NetEx/eFT to look for additional help files. By default, the HELP SEARCH qualifieris defined as:eFT> show help searcheFT: SEArch ............ (SITE)(SITE) is a special SEARCH keyword used by z/OS NetEx/eFT to indicate the default help file memberEFTHELP from the local NetEx/eFT site partitioned data set directory. This help file contains all NetEx/eFTcommands, qualifiers, examples, etc. To instruct NetEx/eFT to also look in a site or user defined help filePage 106 Advanced Local User’s Guide REF-eFT213-R5.4-08