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- pathname
- Identifies a file in a z/OS
UNIX file system. The pathname consists of the names of the directories
from the root to the file being identified, and then the name of the
file.
Each directory or filename: - Is preceded by a slash (/). The system treats any consecutive
slashes as a single slash.
- Can contain symbolic parameters.
- Has a length of 1 through 254 characters, not including the slash.
- Consists of printable characters from X'40' through X'FE'. These
printable characters include all the characters that can be used in
a portable filename, plus additional characters. For a portable filename,
use only the portable filename character set, which is listed in z/OS UNIX System Services User's Guide. A filename can contain characters
outside this range, but it cannot be specified in JCL.
- Is subject to symbolic substitution. An ampersand (&) (X'50'),
followed by a character string that matches a valid symbolic parameter
in the JCL, causes a substitution to occur, based on the syntax rules
for symbolic parameters.
- Is case-sensitive. Thus, /u/joe and /u/JOE and /u/Joe define three
different files.
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