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Index ".*."

The characters “.*.” or “*.” appearing at the beginning of the data set name are used to represent a one to eight character index.

Entry:

Matches:

But Not:

*.BALL

BASKET.BALL

BALL.GAME

CICS.*.*.F

CICS.RUM.TSS.FIL

CICS. FEATURES

The index mask is an extension of the variable mask that allows the CA Top Secret administrator to specify where index levels must appear in a data set name. The first entry specifies that .BALL must be prefixed by 1 to 8 characters; thus, the data set BALL.GAME does not match this definition. The second entry specifies that two indexes must appear between CICS. and .F. CICS.FEATURES contains no indexes between CICS. and .F and therefore does not match the mask.