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`MFDAS`

Use the MFDAS command line utility to perform a range of file-related interactions with the mainframe.

Syntax

ALLOCATE

MFDAS ALLOCATE SEQ|PDS <dsname> CYL|TRK|BLK <number> LRECL <number> BLKSIZE <number> 
RECFM F|V|U[B|S][A|M] [DIR <number>] [VOL <volser>]

AMS

MFDAS AMS <filename> FROM PDS <dsname> MEMBER <mname>

MFDAS AMS <filename> FROM QSAM <dsname>

BUILD

MFDAS BUILD <filename> CHG <pkgname> MEMBER <mname> TYPE <memtype>

CANCEL | HOLD | RELEASE

MFDAS CANCEL|HOLD|RELEASE <jobid>

CAT

MFDAS CAT <catalogsearchfilter>

CATDCB

MFDAS CATDCB <catalogsearchfilter> [JESDD JOB#]

COMPRESS

MFDAS COMPRESS <dsname>

DELETE

MFDAS DELETE <dsname> [MEMBER <mname>]

MFDAS DELETE END ENV <env> SYS <sys> SUB <sub> MEMBER <mname>|FILTER <filter> [STG <stage>] [TYPE <memtype>] [CCID <change-control-id>] 
[OVERRIDE SIGNOUT] [COMMENT <user-comment>]

MFDAS DELETE JES <jobid> [PURGE]

DIR

MFDAS DIR END ENV <env> SYS <sys> SUB <sub> [PREFIX <prefix>|FILTER <filter>] [STG <stage>] [TYPE <memtype>] [ALL|FULL]

MFDAS DIR FOOT <dsname> [FILTER <mname>]

MFDAS DIR JESDD <jobid> [ALL]

MFDAS DIR LIB <dsname> [PREFIX <prefix>|FILTER <filter>] [TYPE <memtype>] [ALL]

MFDAS DIR PAN <dsname> [PREFIX <prefix>|FILTER <filter>] [USERCODE <code>] [ALL]

MFDAS DIR PDS <dsname> [PREFIX <prefix>|FILTER <filter>] [ALL]

MFDAS DIR CHG <pkgname> [TYPE <memtype>] [PREFIX <prefix>]

EXPORT | CHECKIN

MFDAS EXPORT|CHECKIN [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename>|<filter> TO END ENV <env> SYS <sys>
SUB <sub> MEMBER <mname> TYPE <memtype> [VVLL <nnnn>] [CCID <change-control-id>] [COMMENT <user-comment>]
[OVERRIDE] [SIGNOUT] [BYPASS GEN] [PGRP <processor-group>] [LOCK=YES|NO]

MFDAS EXPORT|CHECKIN [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename>|<filter> TO LIB <dsname> MEMBER <mname>

MFDAS EXPORT|CHECKIN [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename>|<filter> TO PAN <dsname> MEMBER <mname>
[USERCODE <code>]

MFDAS EXPORT|CHECKIN [LOCK] [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename>|<filter> TO PDS <dsname> MEMBER <mname>
[USERCODE <code>]

MFDAS EXPORT|CHECKIN [LOCK] [BINARY|TEXT]  [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> TO QSAM <dsname>

MFDAS CHECKIN [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> TO CHG <pkgname> [TYPE <memtype>] [MEMBER <mname>] [OPTION <YYY>] [DESC <description>]
Y=Lock Y=Save Prior Y=Checkin Activate

GETENQI

MFDAS GETENQI PDS *|<dsname> [MEMBER <mname>]

MFDAS GETENQI QSAM *|<dsname>

HELP

MFDAS HELP

HISTORY | LISTCONC

MFDAS HISTORY|LISTCONC <filename> CHG <pkgname> MEMBER <mname> TYPE <memtype>

MFDAS HISTORY|LISTCONC <filename> END ENV <env> SYS <sys> SUB <sub> STG <stage> MEMBER <mname> TYPE <memtype> [VVLL <nnnn>]

IMPORT | CHECKOUT

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> FROM DB2 <dsname> <location> <authid> 
<tablename>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> FROM END ENV <env> SYS <sys> SUB <sub> 
MEMBER <mname>|<filter> [STG <stage>] [TYPE <memtype>] [VVLL <nnnn>] [CCID <change-control-id>] [COMMENT <user-comment>] 
[OVERRIDE SIGNOUT] [LOCK=YES]
<tablename>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> FROM ESDS|KSDS|RRDS[_FIXED] <dsname> 
[NODFCONV]

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> FROM IMS <dsname> <databasename> 
<segmentnamelocation> <segmentdatalocation>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM JES <jobid>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM JESDD <jes_ddname> JES <jobid>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM LIB <dsname> MEMBER <mname>|<filter>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM PAN <dsname> MEMBER <mname>|<filter>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [LOCK] [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> FROM PDS <dsname> MEMBER <mname>|<filter>

MFDAS IMPORT|CHECKOUT [LOCK] [BINARY|TEXT] [RJSE] [NOTRANSLATE] <filename> FROM QSAM <dsname>

MFDAS IMPORT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM CHG <pkgname> [TYPE <memtype>] [MEMBER <mname>]

MFDAS CHECKOUT [BINARY|TEXT] <filename> FROM CHG <pkgname> [TYPE <memtype>] [MEMBER <mname>] [LEVEL <0|+|->]
[OPTION <YYYY>] Y=Lock Y=Overlay Prior Y=Save Prior Y=Suppress Notify

LIST

MFDAS LIST END ENV

MFDAS LIST END [SYS|SUB|STG|TYPE|PGRP] ENV <env> [SYS <sys>] [SUB <sub>] [STG <stage>] [TYPE <type>] [PGRP <pgrp>]

LOCATE

MFDAS LOCATE <dsname>

LOCK

MFDAS LOCK CHG <pkgname> [MEMBER <mname> | TYPE <memtype>]

MOVE

MFDAS MOVE END ENV <env> SYS <sys> SUB <sub> MEMBER <mname> [STG <stage>] [TYPE <type>] [CCID <change-control-id>] 
[COMMENT <user-comment>] [OVERRIDE SIGNOUT] [LOCK=YES]

PASSWORD

MFDAS PASSWORD <password>

PKGINFO

MFDAS PKGINFO CHG <pkgname> MEMBER <mname> | TYPE <memtype>

RECALL

MFDAS RECALL <dsname>

RENAME

MFDAS RENAME <dsname> MEMBER <mname> NEWNAME <mname>

MFDAS RENAME <dsname> NEWNAME <dsname>

Note: Only to be used for files in a local catalog, not on the host system.

SETUSER

MFDAS SETUSER <userid> <password>

SUBMIT

MFDAS SUBMIT <filename>|<filter>

STATUS

MFDAS STATUS [LIST] <jobname>|<filter> [FILTER filter]

TERMINATE

MFDAS TERMINATE

TRANSFER

MFDAS TRANSFER END ENV <env> SYS <sys> SUB <sub> MEMBER <mname> [STAGE <stage>] [TYPE <type>] [VVLL <nnnn>]
[TOENV <env>] [TOSYS <sys>] [TOSUB <sub>] [TOMEMBER <mname>] [TOSTAGE <stage>] [TOTYPE <type>]
[CCID <change-control-id>] [COMMENT <user-comment>] [OVERRIDE SIGNOUT] [LOCK=YES]

UNLOCK

MFDAS UNLOCK PDS <dsname> MEMBER <mname>

MFDAS UNLOCK CHG <pkgname> [MEMBER <mname>] | [TYPE <memtype>]

MFDAS UNLOCK QSAM <dsname>

Catalog parameters can appear anywhere, they are processed first and then removed:

/CAT=Y
/CATLOC=<filename>
/CATLOG=<filename>
/CATOVERRIDE=<catalogpath>
/ENDLOG=<endlogPath> - downloads the Endevor transaction log to the specified location on an END command failure
/FIXEDVSAM
/LOGLEVEL=ERROR|VERBOSE
/NONDYNAMIC
/NUMREC=<records to import>
/OVERWRITE=Y|N
/SHOWDETAILS