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Working with File Manager
- File Manager overview
- Getting started with File Manager
- Viewing and changing data sets
  To view data stored in a supported data set, use the View Utility or the Edit Utility.
- Creating and editing templates
  For many tasks performed with File Manager, you can manipulate your view of a data set by applying a template.
- Working with the Template List
  Display a list of templates and perform actions on them.
- Filtering records with templates
- Managing data sets
- Using File Manager utilities
- Tape Specific Functions
- Disk/VSAM Data Functions
- OAM Functions
- Using UNIX™ System Services and the Hierarchical File System
- Introduction to programming with File Manager functions
- Enhancing File Manager processing
  You can enhance normal processing of a number of File Manager tasks by supplying a procedure that runs in conjunction with the File Manager process.
- Redefines criteria
  Redefines criteria can be specified for a field with a REDEFINES clause, or a field that is the target of a REDEFINES clause.
- Enhanced ISPF: Reference List, Search, Change, and PDSE Workbench
  File Manager provides several enhancements to the basic facilities that are available in an ISPF session: Enhanced Reference List, Enhanced Search, Enhanced Change, Indexed Search, and PDSE Workbench.
- File Manager Service Provider for z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition
  File Manager Service Provider for IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition enables client applications to access IBM Z data sources using z/OS Connect.
- Function and panel reference lists
File Manager Reference
Messages
XML definitions for a template
Support resources
Accessibility features for File Manager
Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
Notices
Glossary

Comparing z/FS files

An z/FS file can be compared to another z/FS file or to an z/OS® data set. You can specify the Old or the New object (or both) as a path describing the file. The compare operation and options for an z/FS file are the same as for a BSAM/QSAM data set and are as described in Comparing data sets.

A compared file can be interpreted as text or binary files. If the Binary mode option is not selected, text mode is assumed and records are determined by delimiters. If you select the Binary mode option, the records are determined by record size defined in reclen, or by the default, 80 bytes.

If you specify a path to an z/FS directory as the Old or New file, the directory list is displayed (fullscreen mode). You ust select an z/FS file from the list before the compare starts. The subjects of the compare are always files and data sets, not directories.

To display a pop-up window with the absolute path name (including the complete file name, which may be shortened on the list), position the cursor against the file name and press Enter.

You cannot specify a directory in batch.

The compare output does not differ significantly from the output produced when data sets are compared. The only difference is file is used instead of data set.