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Syntax

The following example syntax shows the COMPARE command and the keywords that are exclusive to COMPARE. Additional keywords are shown in the next section.

COMPARE [compare_keywords]

 [,ADDCNTL(N|Y|S)]
 [,CHANGED(ddname[,ALL|,NEW|,OLD])]
 [,COMPDIFF({number_of_mismatches} | {0})]
 [,COMPRC({return-code} | {4})]
 [,COMPREPORT(A|M|S)]
 [,DELETED(ddname)]
 [,DIRREPORT(A|M|S)]
 [,INSERTED(ddname)]
 [,MATCHED(ddname)]
 [,MEMBER({member | pattern | startmember-endmember}[,…])]
 [,NEWFILE({ddname} | dsname(member) |{SYSUT1N} [,CLOSE|NOCLOSE])
 [,NEWRID(record key or number to position to)]
 [,OLDFILE({ddname} | dsname(member) |{SYSUT1O} [,CLOSE|NOCLOSE])
 [,OLDRID(record key or number to position to)]
 [,POSITION({old-fieldname|oldfile-position,length}[,new-field-name|,newfile-position])
 [,RID(record key or number to position to)]
 [,SYNCKEY({old-field-name|oldfile-position,length}[,newfile-position]
 [,NOKEY|,ASCENDING|,DESCENDING][,NOPRINT|,PRINT])]
 [,SYNCLIM({number of records} | {50})]

COMPARE PROGRAM [compare_keywords]
 [,ADDCNTL(N|Y|S)]
 [,CHANGED(ddname[,ALL|,NEW|,OLD])]
 [,COMPDIFF({number_of_mismatches} | {0})]
 [,COMPRC({return-code} | {4})]
 [,COMPREPORT(A|M|S)]
 [,DELETED(ddname)]
 [,DIRREPORT(A|M|S)]
 [,INSERTED(ddname)]
 [,MATCHED(ddname)]
 [,MEMBER({member | pattern | startmember-endmember}[,…])] 
 [,NEWFILE({ddname} | dsname(member) |{SYSUT1N} [,CLOSE|NOCLOSE])
 [,OLDFILE({ddname} | dsname(member) |{SYSUT1O} [,CLOSE|NOCLOSE])
 [,CSECTINCLUDE(csect, ..., csect)]
 [,CSECTEXCLUDE(csect, ..., csect)]
 [,CSECTCOMPARE(BYNAME|BYORDER)]
 [,PROPERTIESINCLUDE([ATTRIBUTES][,CONTENT][,CSECTDATE][,CSECTNAME][,CSECTSIZE]
        [,ESD][,IDRUSER][,IDRZAP][,ENTRYPOINT][,LINKDATE][,TOTALSIZE]
        [,TRANSLATOR])|
   PROPERTIESEXCLUDE([ATTRIBUTES][,CONTENT][,CSECTDATE][,CSECTNAME][,CSECTSIZE]
        [,ESD][,IDRUSER][,IDRZAP][,ENTRYPOINT][,LINKDATE][,TOTALSIZE]
        [,TRANSLATOR])]