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List Data Set Names and Patterns

To list the data set names found in the Control File

  1. On the Maintenance menu, select Control File to display the data set name panel.
  2. Type the data set name for the search and press Enter to search the Control File and display a list of data set names. While viewing the list, you can report, browse, delete or select data sets.

    The Control File Maintenance panel

From this panel, the following line commands can be used. These line commands are described individually in the following procedures.

B

Browse

D

Delete

S

Select

The following table describes the filed names and contents of the Control File Maintenance panel:

Field Names

Contents

AC

Is a line command entry field. The line commands listed immediately above on the panel can be entered in this field.

Primary Data Set Name


Shows the name of the primary data set.

FDTname

Shows the type of compression selected for this data set or the name of the customized module created for the data set.

Sched

Shows when the data set should be compressed or that it has already been compressed.

Status

Shows one of eight values:

  • *NOT CATALOGED*—The cluster or physical sequential data set is not currently cataloged in the MVS system catalog.
  • *ARCHIVED*—The data set is currently archived.
  • *NOT PHYS SEQ*—The data set is implemented as Physical Sequential, but the catalog indicates that it is VSAM.
  • *NOT VSAM*—The data set is implemented as a VSAM cluster, but the catalog indicates that it is not a VSAM cluster.
  • **DELETED**—The data set has been deleted from the Control File.
  • blank—The cluster or physical sequential data set is cataloged as it is implemented in the Control File
  • *PATTERN*—This is a VSAM pattern.
  • PSPATRN*—This is a Physical Sequential pattern.

Note: Because patterns interact with one another and can be affected by patterns that do not match the search pattern you specified, the IUI shows you a superset of the patterns matching your search pattern.