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Accessing Auxiliary Storage: FILE › Work with DL/I Databases

Work with DL/I Databases

FILE lets you access any DL/I database to which it has been given access.

To start working with a DL/I database follow these steps.

  1. Initiate the FILE transaction and get the DL/I entry screen.
  2. Press PF6 or specify the following: 
    DATATYPE= DL
  3. Then enter: 
    PSB= PSB name
DBD= DBD name
NO= DBD entry number

Other information you enter depends on the function you want to perform.

Note: For more information about using DL/I databases, see IBM's DL/I DOS/VS Application Programming Reference Manual or the IMS/VS Application Programming for CICS/VS Users Manual.