The
mfims command supports several directives you can use on the command line to specify details of file generation. The following is an alphabetical list of all
mfims directives.
CLS
Clears the screen before starting the utility.
COPYEXT
Specifies the copybook extension to be used when generating the complete copybook name for a DBD, MFS or PSB COPY statement.
DEFAULTEXT
Specifies the default file extension added to the input file name when no extension is specified.
ECHO
Controls the interaction with the DBDGEN, MFSGEN and PSBGEN utilities.
EXCLUPDT
Opens the output files for exclusive use by this instance of DBDGEN and no other task can read or update the DBDGEN files until DBDGEN completes.
HEXFILL
Enables you to retain the hexadecimal value of input characters when deploying an IMS EBCDIC application.
IMSLIBNO
Specifies which IMS Load library directory in Workgroups is updated when multiple IMS Load Library directories are used.
LIST
Controls the location and name of the detail listing file, which includes items such as source listings, completion status, error messages and execution statistics.
MAP
Runs the DBDMAP utility upon successful completion of DBDGEN.
/PATH
Specifies the directory in which to save control blocks generated by MFSGEN.
SHRUPDT
Opens the output files for sharing so other tasks can read and update these files while the DBDGEN utility is running.
VERIFY
Runs the PSB Verify utility upon successful completion of PSBGEN.
