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Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VSE Basics
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Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VSE Basics

by Wolfgang Bosch, Hans Joachim Ebert, Helmut Hellner, G. M. (Jerry) Johnston, Wilhelm Mild, Ingolf Salm, Joerg Schmidbauer, Martin Walbruehl, Mike Ebbers
March 2007
Beginner
526 pages
13h 53m
English
IBM Redbooks
Content preview from Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VSE Basics
Chapter 5. Working with files 157
2. Use fastpath 22 or go to the option 2 (Resource Definition) and then go to
option 2 (File and Catalog Management).
3. Enter VSESPUC (the label for the user catalog VSESP.USER.CATALOG that is
delivered with the z/VSE system) in the field for the CATALOG NAME.
4. Go to option 2 (Define a New File).
5. Type the name of the new file in the FILE ID field.
6. Use your student user ID as the FILE NAME.
7. Complete the indicated fields and press Enter:
– FILE ORGANIZATION = 1 (Non keyed ESDS)
– FILE ADDRESSABILTY = 1 (Not extended)
– FILE ACCESS = 1 (Multiple Read OR Single Write)
– FILE USAGE = 1 (File is used as a Data File NOREUSE)
8. Select SYSWK1 for the primary allocation.
9. Complete the indicated fields and press ...
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