Tailored File-Naming Conventions

Table of Contents

Audit Files
AUTOREORG Parameter File
Control File
Database Files
Global Data
Data Sets
Sets and Subsets
Partitioned Structures
Description File
INITIALIZE Parameter File
Recovery File
DMSUPPORT Library
RMSUPPORT Library

This appendix is limited to tailored database file names and their descriptions.

All database files are automatically assigned a title by the DASDL compiler.

Conventions for Assigning File Titles

  • Each file title contains from 1 to 13 identifiers separated by slashes (/).

  • Each identifier can contain from 1 to 17 characters.

  • Characters that are not alphanumeric are enclosed in double quotation marks (").

  • Words in uppercase letters appear literally.

  • The database name is the name specified in the DASDL compile statement.

  • The usercode for the database data and audit files is derived from the control file, which can be given in DASDL with a control file specification or can be determined when SYSTEM/DMCONTROL is run to create the control file. Databases can be stored individually under a usercode or globally under the asterisk (*) usercode and accessed from any usercode, subject to security constraints.

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