Prefix commands

PDSE Workbench supports the following prefix commands for working with member lists.

Alias

Display alias information for the selected member or current member.

Note: The Alias command is only available for PDSEs. It is not valid for member generations.

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 member or current member using the ISPF Edit service.

Note: For data sets with member generations, only the current member (generation 0) can be edited. Browse will be substituted for load modules. View will be substituted for member generations.

G

Synonym for the RESET prefix command.

Jcl

Generate the link-edit JCL for the load module.

Note: The JCL prefix command is only available for loadlib data sets. It is not valid for generation members.

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

Invoke the File Manager PRINT utility to print the member. The Print line command is only supported for the current member (generation 0).

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.

RESet

Invoke the File Manager Reset ISPF statistics function to reset or delete the ISPF statistics for the member or current member.

Note: The Reset command is only available for data sets with formatted records. It is not valid for member generations.

RG

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

Select or /

Select a member. The result depends on the data set and member:

For a load library, Select will browse the member.
For a generation member, Select will view the generation member.
Otherwise, Select will edit the member.

SUbmit

Submit the member to the JES internal reader.

Note: The SUBMIT prefix command is only available for data sets with formatted records. It is not valid for generation members.

View

View the member, current member, or member generation using the ISPF View service. Browse will be substituted for load modules.

VLM

Invoke the File Manager View Load Module utility to display information about the load module.

Note: The VLM command is only available for data sets with unformatted records (load modules or program objects). It is not valid for member generations.