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Parameters

OLDFILE supports the following parameters:

dsname

Identifies the baseline file's data set name and optional member name for a COMPARE command. This data set is dynamically allocated. No JCL is needed to reference this dsname. If the data set is a PDS, the member name is required.

ddname

Specifies the one- to eight-character ddname of the original file to be compared. SYSUT1 is the default.

Example

In this example syntax the ddname OLDMSTR references the original or baseline file that is to be compared.

COMPARE,
OLDFILE(OLDMSTR)