SCS (Catalog Services)

Purpose
Print a list of catalog entries.
Usage notes
Use this function to print catalog entries.
Options
Use a fully-qualified or generic file ID to limit the output. You can also specify the type of objects you want to see. The list can be sorted by entry name, creation date, expiration date, or amount of free space.
Related function
DVT
Print VTOC entries
Figure 1. Syntax

1 SCS
1! DSNAME=**
1 DSNAME=dsnmask
2? CATALOG=catalog
1! ENTRIES=ALL
1 ENTRIES=entries
1! SORTBY=NAME
1 SORTBY=sortby
1! INCLUDE=    NO
1 INCLUDE=YES
1! DATEFORM=YYDD
1 DATEFORM=YYMMDD
1! LIMIT=0
1 LIMIT=limit
CATALOG
Name of a catalog. By default, the system catalog search order is used.
dsnmask
A generic data set name. Within the data set name, you can include a percent sign (%) to represent exactly one character, an asterisk (*) to represent any number of characters (or no characters) within a qualifier, or two asterisks (**) to represent any number of characters (or no characters) within any number of qualifiers. The default is **.

To print a single entry, specify a fully-qualified entry name.

ENTRIES
The entries you want listed:
ALL
All catalog entries (the default)
ALLVSAM
All VSAM catalog entries
ALIAS
Alias entries
AIX®
Alternate index entries
CLUSTER
Cluster entries
DATA
VSAM data entries
GDG
Generation data group entries
INDEX
VSAM index entries
NONVSAM
NonVSAM entries
OAM
OAM collection entries
PATH
VSAM path entries
PGSPC
Pagespace entries
UCAT
User catalog entries.
SORTBY
One of the following:
ALLOC
Sorts by allocated space
DATE
Sorts by creation date
DSORG
Sorts by organisation
FREESP
Sorts by free space
LRECL
Sorts by logical record length
NAME
Sorts by data set name (the default)
RECFM
Sorts by record format
INCLUDE
One of the following:
NO
Restricts the data set list to data sets with only the qualifiers entered in the DSNAME field. Data sets with additional qualifiers are not be included.
YES
Generates the data set list with all data sets matching the qualifiers in the DSNAME field, including data sets with additional qualifiers.
DATEFORM
One of the following:
YYDDD
All dates on the Data Set List panel and listing shown as YYYY.DDD.
YYMMDD
All dates on the Data Set List panel and listing shown as YY/MM/DD.
limit
The maximum number of data sets selected for VTOC or catalog processing.
//SCS JOB (acct),'name'  Catalog Services
//*
//FMBAT    PROC
//FMBAT    EXEC PGM=FILEMGR
//STEPLIB  DD DSN=FMN.SFMNMOD1,DISP=SHR
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSABEND DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=*
//         PEND
//*
//DELETE   EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//FILE     DD DSN=FMNUSER.SCS.LISTING,
//            DISP=(MOD,DELETE),
//            SPACE=(TRK,(30,10)),UNIT=SYSDA,
//            RECFM=FBA,LRECL=133
//*
//SCS00    EXEC FMBAT,REGION=6M
//SYSPRINT DD DSN=FMNUSER.SCS.LISTING,
//            DISP=(,CATLG),
//            SPACE=(TRK,(30,10)),UNIT=SYSDA,
//            RECFM=FBA,LRECL=133
//SYSIN DD *
$$FILEM SCS
$$FILEM EOJ
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