Who should use this document

This document is for three kinds of File Manager users:

  • Application programmers who need to test and debug programs
  • Service support personnel who need to analyze and fix problems
  • System administrators and system operators who need to do routine tasks such as moving large amounts of data

This document assumes that you are familiar with using ISPF.

To use File Manager functions in batch jobs, you must already be familiar with JCL.

To use File Manager functions in REXX procedures, you must already be familiar with the REXX programming language.