TSO/E commands

This part describes the Time Sharing Option Extensions (TSO/E) OMVS command that you use to invoke the shell and the TSO/E commands that you can use to work with the z/OS UNIX file system.

The OMVS command invokes the z/OS shell. You can enter the OMVS command from TSO/E or from the ISPF command processor panel.

You can use the man command to view descriptions of TSO/E commands. To do this, you must prefix all commands with tso. For example, to view a description of the MOUNT command, you would enter: 
man tsomount
The commands for working with the file system are:
  • BPXBATCH
  • BPXMTEXT
  • BPXTRACE
  • ISHELL
  • MKDIR
  • MKNOD
  • MOUNT
  • OBROWSE
  • OCOPY
  • OEDIT
  • OGET
  • OGETX
  • OPUT
  • OPUTX
  • OSHELL
  • OSTEPLIB
  • UNMOUNT
  • ZLSOF
You can enter these TSO/E commands from:
  • TSO/E
  • The Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) command processor panel (typically, option 6 on the ISPF menu).

    Option 6 is usually preferable, because it does not convert into uppercase the commands that you enter. You should enter a TSO/E command from an ISPF panel that does not convert all the parameters into uppercase; some panels, such as the main ISPF panel, convert what you enter into uppercase. z/OS UNIX System Services is case-sensitive.

  • The shell
Note:
  1. The relative path name is relative to the working directory (usually the HOME directory) of the TSO/E session, not the shell session.
  2. Use absolute path names when entering any TSO/E commands.
  3. Avoid using spaces or single quotation marks within path names.