EXCLUDEFILE

Valid for

Logger

Description

Use EXCLUDEFILE to exclude specific files from extraction to the current log. You can implicitly and explicitly exclude files that have been included by the FILE parameter. For example, if the Logger parameter file includes FILE and EXCLUDEFILE entries similar to:

FILE $DATA4.*.*
EXCLUDEFILE $DATA4.DAT.TRANSFL

The EXCLUDEFILE parameter excludes the specified file set, even though the preceding FILE statement implicitly included it with a wildcard argument.

If used, EXCLUDEFILE must follow the FILE parameter. If a file is included by the FILE parameter without filters, then excluded by EXCLUDEFILE according to one or more filters, the file is excluded when the filter criteria are met.

You can exclude files by:

Specifying file sets to exclude.
Filtering file sets that are opened by a specified process or program.
Filtering file sets that are associated with an opening program's user ID.

Syntax

EXCLUDEFILE file_set 
[, PROCESS process_set] 
[, PROGRAM program_set]
[, USER user_set]

file_set: The name of the file set to exclude.
PROCESS process_set: Excludes data when the opener is the process or set of processes specified (process set can be a single process or a wildcard, for example $APP*).
PROGRAM program_set: Excludes data when the opener is the program or set of programs specified (program set can be a single program or a wildcard: $DATA1.PROGS.*).
USER user_set: Excludes data when the creator access ID of the opener is the user specified (user set can be a single user or wildcard: FINANCE.JOE or SUPER.*).

Examples

Example 1

EXCLUDEFILE $DATA4.DAT.TRANSFL

Example 2

EXCLUDEFILE $D15.DAT.*