CSIDTYPS, Entry Types

CSIDTYPS determines what type of catalog entries will be returned.

Valid types for CSIDTYPS are:

Type: Description
A: non-VSAM data set
B: Generation data group
C: Cluster
G: Alternate index
H: Generation data set
L: Tape volume catalog library entry
R: VSAM path
U: User catalog connector entry
W: Tape volume catalog volume entry
X: Alias

VSAM components, data and index, are returned with the cluster. Thus, there are no type specifications for them, however, "D" and "I" types will appear in the output information.

The valid types can be mixed and in any order. Blanks cannot separate the types. For instance, “ABH” might be specified to get only the non-VSAM, generation data group and generation data set entries. All other positions in CSIDTYPS must be blanks (X'40') when the types are specified.

All blanks for CSIDTYPS can be set and will get types A, B, C, G, H, R, U, X. These are the catalog types. L and W must be explicitly specified in order to get the Tape Volume Catalog entries.