2.4.1.24.4 Options

-C

Optional: Number of records to be copied.

-S

Optional: Number of records to skip before the copy begins.

-i infile|-I indataset

The input file is either a ddname (infile) or a dsname (indataset).

-o ddname|-O dsname

Optional: The output file is either a ddname (outfile) or a dsname (outdataset) (default value: SYSPRINT).

-v volume

Indicates the output file volume. This option only works when file catalog is enabled in Batch Runtime.

-r

Optional: It specifies whether to replace records in output file by the records with the same key, if any, in input file. This option is applicable to only KSDS file. Considering that there is a record in output file (called old record) and a record with the same key in input file (called new record), if -r is specified, the old record is replaced with the new record; otherwise, the old record is kept in output file.

-e

Optional: Empties output file before adding input file records. This option is applicable only to KSDS files.