Prefix commands

The Template List supports the following prefix commands for working with member lists.

Browse

Browse the member, current member, or member generation using the ISPF Browse service.

Copy

For PDS, PDSE, and current members:

Copy the member and any related aliases.

For member generations:

Copy the member generation and save as a current member.

Note: COPY is not supported for member generation load modules, or program objects.

CC

Compare the selected member generation to the current member.

Note: The CC command is only available for PDSEs that are defined to support member generations.

CN

Compare the selected current member or member generation to the next generation of the same member in the member list.

Note: The CN command is only available for PDSEs that are defined to support member generations.

CP

Compare the selected member generation to the previous generation or the current generation of the same member in the member list.

Note: The CP command is only available for PDSEs that are defined to support member generations.

CS

Compare the selected member, current member, or member generation to another member, current member or member generation of the same data set. A Compare Selection List panel is displayed to allow the member or member generation to be selected.

Delete

For current members, perform one of the following actions:

Delete the current member, related aliases, and all member generations.
Delete the current member and any related aliases, then recover the most recent generation to become the current member.

For member generations:

Delete the member generation.

Note: Deleting a member generation does not alter the absolute generation number of other member generations. Absolute generation numbers are never reused, even if a current member and all of its generations are deleted.

For all other data sets:

Delete the member and any related aliases.

Edit

Edit the template using the template editor.

Note: If changes are made to a generation member the SAVEAS prompt is issued.

L

Toggle the lock value for the template.

Note: A locked template cannot be overwritten during a template edit – so a SAVEAS prompt is issued if changes are made during the edit session.

Move

For PDS, PDSE, and current members:

Move the member and any related aliases.

For member generations:

Move the member generation and save it as the current member.

Note: MOVE is not supported for member generation load modules, or program objects.

Print

Print the template using the Template View and Print utility.

Rename

For current members:

Rename the current member and all member generations.

For member generations:

Rename is not supported.

For all other data sets:

Rename the member.

RG

Recover the selected member generation so that it becomes the current member. The previous current member becomes relative generation -1.

S

Select the member to invoke:

ISPF Edit for current members.
ISPF View for generation members.

View

View the template using the Template View and Print utility.

Z

Toggle the global leading zero default for the template.