Summary of changes

This edition of the document provides updated information applicable to File Manager Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 3. It is a refresh of the previous version and contains some additional enhancements as well as minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release:

• Enhancements to the enhanced ISPF processing:
  • Extended member lists are now produced for view or edit functions when a partitioned data set with a generic or blank member name is being processed.
  • A view or edit of a DD statement containing concatenated partitioned data sets now supports an extended member list for all corresponding cataloged data sets.
  • Variables defined in an INCLUDE member are now processed and resolved when processing data set names.
  • Option 4, Dslist, has been extended to support the display of an ISPF data set list when positioned on a DD statement, and a UNIX directory list when positioned on a UNIX path or file name. See Using F4 from any edit or view session when positioned on a string or word for more information.
  • Two new prefix commands are available for the enhanced reference list display:
    • L: produces an ISPF data set list.
    • U: produces a UNIX directory list.
    For more details about these prefix commands, see Line Commands.
  • Pressing the function key with 4 in the command line when viewing or editing produces a data set list for up to 30 data set names referenced in the session.
  • Pressing the function key with 4U in the command line when viewing or editing produces a UNIX directory list for up to 30 path or file names referenced in the session.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 2. It is a refresh of the previous version and contains some additional enhancements as well as minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous release.

• A new option, option 13, has been added to the Enhanced Search KEY menu panel to allocate, change or invoke catalog services against a data set name that the cursor is positioned on. See Using F4 from any edit or view session when positioned on a string or word for more information about this new option.
• Indexed search changes:
  • The restriction of a maximum of 22 data sets when duplicated members are not being processed has been removed.
  • Automatic word detection has been introduced as the simpler and recommended method for determining words. See Automatic word detection for more details.
  See Indexed search for details on the indexed search capability.
• A new option, ASIS, has been added to suppress automatic encapsulation and, automatic encapsulation has been limited to when a delimiter is encountered or when the first character is a quote. See Copy To panel and DSC (Data Set Copy) for more details about automatic encapsulation.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 2. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous the previous release.

• The File Manager Data Set Copy (DSC) function and the Copy From and Copy To panels now support importing CSV files. See DSC (Data Set Copy), Copy From panel, and Copy To panel for more information.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 1. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous the previous release.

• The indexed search provides a way to perform a fast search across one or more partitioned data sets. The results are displayed in the index search report containing the list of matching words, the number of lines where the word occurs, the number of data sets containing occurrences of the word, and the number of members. See Indexed search for information about how to set up and use the indexed search.

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 15 Release 1 Modification Level 0. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous the previous release.

• The indexed search provides a way to perform a fast search across one or more partitioned data sets. The results are displayed in the index search report containing the list of matching words, the number of lines where the word occurs, the number of data sets containing occurrences of the word, and the number of members. See Indexed search for information about how to set up and use the indexed search.