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Field Descriptions

Specify member to be located:

Member name

Type a member name that is to be located within PDSs. The PDSs to be searched are defined in the Specify PDSs to be searched section of the screen.

Note: This process returns a directory of all of the PDSs within the bounds of the search that contain the specified member.

Specify PDSs to be searched

Wildcarded DSN for PDSs

You can identify the list of PDSs to be searched either by a wildcarded DSN or by the DSN of a data set that contains a list of PDS DSNs. For a wildcard DSN search, type the wildcarded DSN in this field.

Note: Quotes are not allowed in this field and the absence of quotes does not imply a DSN prefixed by the TSO User ID.

File with list of PDS's

You can identify the list of PDSs to be searched either by a wildcarded DSN or by the DSN of a data set that contains a list of PDS DSNs. For a file search, type the DSN of a file that contains a DSN to be searched in each record. The file may be a sequential file or a PDS member of any record format and the DSN must be the first non-blank character in each record.

Specify Search Options

Exclude Archived Datasets (Y/N)

Type Y to exclude archived data sets from the member search, or N to include archived data sets. Specify Y to prevent archived data sets from being recalled during the member search. The member search utility cannot search an archived data set for members without first restoring the data set to disk.