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How You Identify the Data Sets EDIF Should Process

You can use the NAME parameter on DATASET, PREFIX, SUFFIX, PATTERN, and DSORG statements to identify the data sets to which a statement applies. You can specify the NAME parameter on a UTILITY statement, but for a different purpose.

Use the NAME parameter to identify data sets in these ways:

• On the DATASET statement, specify the name of the data set that EDIF should use. For example, DATASET NAME=SYS1.LINKLIB.
• On the PREFIX, SUFFIX, and PATTERN statements, specify the part of the data set name that EDIF should use to identify applicable data sets; for example, PREFIX NAME=SYS1.
• On DSORG statements, specify the data set organization of the data sets that the statement applies to:
  • DIRECT (or DA)
  • ISAM
  • PARTITIONED (or PO)
  • SEQUENTIAL (or PS)
  • UNMOVABLE-PARTITIONED (or POU)
  • UNMOVABLE-SEQUENTIAL (or PSU)
  • VSAM

  For example, to apply a DSORG statement to all partitioned data sets, specify DSORG NAME=PO.

EDIF lets you use these wildcard characters on PATTERN statements:

*

Matches the remainder of the data set name.

?

Matches the remainder of the current index level.

#

Matches a single character in the data set name.

You can use combinations of wildcard characters to match a pattern. For example, the pattern #.?.* matches data set names A.DATA.SET or A.B.C, but not A.DATA or MY.DATA.SET.