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`MFDAS`

Use the MFDAS command line utility to perform a range of file-related interactions with the mainframe.

Syntax

ALLOCATE

MFDAS ALLOCATE SEQ|PDS <dsname> CYL|TRK|BLK <number> LRECL <number> BLKSIZE <number> 
RECFM F|V|U[B|S][A|M] [DIR <number>] [VOL <volser>]

CANCEL | HOLD | RELEASE

MFDAS CANCEL|HOLD|RELEASE <jobid>

CAT

MFDAS CAT <catalogsearchfilter>

CATDCB

MFDAS CATDCB <catalogsearchfilter> [JESDD JOB#]

COMPRESS

MFDAS COMPRESS <dsname>

DELETE

MFDAS DELETE <dsname> [MEMBER <mname>]

MFDAS DELETE JES <jobid> [PURGE]

DIR

MFDAS DIR END ENV <env> SYS <sys> SUB <sub> [PREFIX prefix|FILTER filter] [TYPE type]

MFDAS DIR FOOT <dsname> [FILTER <mname>]

MFDAS DIR JESDD <jobid>

MFDAS DIR LIB <dsname> [PREFIX <prefix>|FILTER <filter>]

MFDAS DIR PAN <dsname> [PREFIX <prefix>|FILTER <filter>] [USERCODE <code>]

MFDAS DIR PDS <dsname> [PREFIX <prefix>|FILTER <filter>]

EXPORT | CHECKIN

MFDAS EXPORT|CHECKIN [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename>|<filter> TO END ENV <env> SYS <sys>
SUB <sub > MEMBER <mname> TYPE <memtype> [CCID <change-control-id>] [COMMENT <user-comment>]
[OVERRIDE] [SIGNOUT] [BYPASS GEN] [PGRP <processor-group>] [LOCK=YES|NO]

MFDAS EXPORT|CHECKIN [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename>|<filter> TO LIB <dsname> MEMBER <mname>

MFDAS EXPORT|CHECKIN [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename>|<filter> TO PAN <dsname> MEMBER <mname>
[USERCODE <code>]

MFDAS EXPORT|CHECKIN [BINARY|TEXT]  [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename>|<filter> TO PDS <dsname> MEMBER <mname>
[USERCODE <code>]

MFDAS EXPORT|CHECKIN [BINARY|TEXT]  [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> TO QSAM <dsname>

HELP

MFDAS HELP

IMPORT | CHECKOUT

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> FROM DB2 <dsname> <location> <authid> 
<tablename>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> FROM END ENV <env> SYS <sys> SUB <sub> 
MEMBER <mname>|<filter> STG 1 TYPE <memtype> CCID <change-control-id> COMMENT <user-comment> 
[OVERRIDE] [SIGNOUT] [LOCK=YES]
<tablename>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> FROM ESDS|KSDS|RRDS[_FIXED] <dsname> 
[NODFCONV]

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> FROM IMS <dsname> <databasename> 
<segmentnamelocation> <segmentdatalocation>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM JES <jobid>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM JESDD <jes_ddname> JES <jobid>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM LIB <dsname> MEMBER <mname>|<filter>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM PAN <dsname> MEMBER <mname>|<filter>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM PDS <dsname> MEMBER <mname>|<filter>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM QSAM <dsname>

LOCATE

MFDAS LOCATE <dsname>

PASSWORD

MFDAS PASSWORD <password>

RECALL

MFDAS RECALL <dsname>

RENAME

MFDAS RENAME <dsname> MEMBER <mname> NEWNAME <mname>

SETUSER

MFDAS SETUSER <userid> <password>

SUBMIT

MFDAS SUBMIT <filename>|<filter>

STATUS

MFDAS STATUS [FILTER filter]

TERMINATE

MFDAS TERMINATE

Catalog parameters can appear anywhere, they are processed first and then removed:

/CAT=Y
/CATLOC=<filename>
/CATLOG=<filename>
/CATOVERRIDE=<catalogpath>
/ENDLOG=<endlogPath> - downloads the Endevor transaction log to the specified location on an END command failure
/FIXEDVSAM
/LOGLEVEL=ERROR|VERBOSE
/NONDYNAMIC
/NUMREC=<records to import>
/OVERWRITE=Y|N
/SHOWDETAILS