Copying selected PDS members

File-AID has a powerful utility for copying all or a selected subset of records from any MVS file. The "From" file and the "To" file can be different file types (for example, from VSAM to PDS member). The Copy utility provides this ability and has special features for copying partitioned datasets (PDS) including member selection based on ISPF statistics like "last changed date".

The Copy utility lets you optionally use standard File-AID selection criteria during the Copy. You may use existing selection criteria defined with the Selection utility (Option 6), or dynamically create temporary selection criteria.

In this section, you practice using the Copy utility to selectively copy (and rename) PDS members based on member name and data content.

Find an example to copy a Version 2 PDSE with generation members in Allocating and Editing Version 2 PDSE with Member Generation, Defining Your Copy Request for a Version 2 PDSE.

Important

Option 3.3 does not support JSON/BSON files.

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