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AOF INDEX—Return Rules Data Set Information

The INDEX command causes an OPS/REXX program to find the rules CA OPS/MVS is using on your production system.

The INDEX command produces the following results:

• The INDEX command returns a minimum of two words that provide information about the rules data set that CA OPS/MVS is using.
• The first word the INDEX command returns has the following format: prefix.*.suffix. In this formatting, prefix represents the setting of the RULEPREFIX parameter, suffix represents the setting of the RULESUFFIX parameter, and .*. is a literal placeholder. The first word specifies the data set names that CA OPS/MVS searches for rules.
• The second word the INDEX command returns is either SINGLE or MULTIPLE. If the RULEALTFIX parameter is a set value, the word the INDEX command returns is MULTIPLE. If RULEPREFIX2 is specified, the word the INDEX command returns is MULTS, and the INDEX command also returns a third word. The third word the INDEX command returns is similar to the first but uses the RULEFPREFIX2 parameter to create the prefix2.*.suffix string rather than the RULEPREFIX parameter.

  In most installations, RULEALTFIX and RULEPREFIX2 are unset, and the second word INDEX returns is SINGLE.

• If the command executes successfully, the RC value is set to zero. Unless the NOOUTPUT keyword has been specified, the external data queue contains an output string similar to the one described previously.

AOF INDEX has the following format:

ADDRESS AOF "INDEX keywords"

[SYSTEM(ALL|EXT|sysnames)]
[SYSWAIT(seconds)]
[OUTPUT|NOOUTPUT]

More information:

ADDRESS AOF Command Format

ADDRESS AOF Return Codes