datarea - Read or write i5/OS(TM) data area

Synopsis

datarea -r [-l] [-s substring] data-area

datarea -w [-l] [-s substring] data-area [ data ... ]

Description

The datarea utility reads or writes a data area.

In the first synopsis form, datarea reads the contents of the data-area and writes it to standard output. By default, it reads the entire data area.

In the second synopsis form, datarea writes to the data-area. If data is specified, it is written to the data-area. Otherwise, one line is read from standard input and written to the data-area.

Options

-l

When a relative path name is specified, use the library list to find the data-area.

-r

Read from the data-area.

-s substring

For a character type data area, read or write the character positions specified by substring. The substring is specified as a number range that consists of a number, a dash (-), and a second number to select the character positions from the first number to the second number, inclusive. If the first number is omitted, character positions from 1 to the second number are selected. If the second number is omitted, character positions from the first number to the end of the data area are selected.

-w

Write to the data-area.

Operands

The data-area is the path name to a data area. A data area can only exist in the QSYS.LIB file system.

Exit status

• 0 when successful
• >0 when unsuccessful