Creating a Macro Library in a UNIX Directory

About this task

You might want to create a macro library in a UNIX directory to copy code from UNIX systems to z/OS or to copy MVS data sets to UNIX files.

Before you begin: For more information on utilities for copying files, see z/OS DFSMSdfp Utilities.

Perform the following steps to create a macro library in a UNIX directory:

Procedure

Use IEBGENER to copy from a PDS or PDSE member to a UNIX file. (You also can use TSO/E commands and other copying utilities such as ICEGENER or BPXCOPY to copy a PDS or PDSE member to a UNIX file.) In this example, the data set in SYSUT1 is a PDS or PDSE member and the data set in SYSUT2 is a UNIX file. This job creates a macro library in the UNIX directory.
```
//         EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSUT1   DD DSN=PROJ.BIGPROG.MACLIB(MAC1),DISP=SHR
//SYSUT2   DD PATH='/u/BIGPROG/macros/special/MAC1',PATHOPTS=OCREAT,
//            PATHDISP=(KEEP,DELETE),      Normal and abnormal dispositions
//            PATHMODE=(SIRUSR,SIWUSR,     Owner can read and write file
//            SIRGRP,SIROTH)               Everyone else can read file
//            FILEDATA=TEXT                Remove trailing blanks 
//SYSIN   DD  DUMMY
```
Tip: The assembler requires the macro file name to be all capitals. Other programs such as a compiler might not require the filename to be all capitals.

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Code other DD statements to copy additional PDS or PDSE members to UNIX files. You also can copy an entire PDS, PDSE, or UNIX directory to a new UNIX directory. _______________________________________________________________
Use the macro library to browse or copy additional files. In the following example, the system macro library, SYS1.MACLIB, is concatenated with a UNIX directory that contains macros that were copied from elsewhere.
```
//          EXEC PGM=ASMA90      High-level assembler
//SYSPRINT  DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSLIB    DD DSN=SYS1.MACLIB,DISP=SHR
//          DD PATH='/u/BIGPROG/macros/special',PATHOPTS=ORDONLY,
//             FILEDATA=TEXT     Recognize line delimiters
. . . (other DD statements)
```
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