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How You Use EDIF Processing Statements

Each EDIF processing statement contains a list of processing options that apply to a specific data set or to a group of data sets. Use the following statements to tell EDIF how to process data sets:

DATASET

Applies processing options to a specific data set.

DEFAULT

Applies processing options to all data sets.

DSORG

Applies processing options to all data sets that have a specified data set organization.

PATTERN

Applies processing options to all data sets that have a specified pattern in their data set names.

PREFIX

Applies processing options to all data sets that have a specified prefix in their data set names.

SUFFIX

Applies processing options to all data sets that have a specified suffix in their data set names.

UTILITY

This special EDIF processing statement lets you identify a group of programs to be treated similarly when EDIF processes a data set. Specify the name that you assigned to a UTILITY statement on other EDIF processing statements. This lets you quickly identify programs that should be treated the same way, instead of listing these programs individually. For a description of the UTILITY statement, see Listing Programs Receiving the Same Processing in this chapter.

These statements are not mandatory, including the DEFAULT statement. Note that if you do not specify a DEFAULT statement, then all options are prefixed with NO; for example, NOABEND or NOATTRIBUTE.