EDIT—SAVE subcommand operands

*

specifies the edited version of your data set is to replace the original version. If there are no operands entered on the subcommand, the * is the default.

dsname

specifies a data set name assigned to your edited data set. The new name might be different from the current name. If this operand or an asterisk is omitted, the name entered with the EDIT command is used.

If you specify the name of an existing data set or member of a partitioned data set, that data set or member is replaced by the edited data set. (Before replacement occurs, you are given the option of specifying a new data set name or member name.)

If you do not specify the name of an existing data set or partitioned data set member, a new data set (the edited data set) is created with the name you specified. If you specified a member name for a sequentially organized data set, no replacement of the data set takes place. If you do not specify a member name for an existing partitioned data set, the edited data set is assigned a member name of TEMPNAME.

REUSE | RENUM | UNNUM

These operands cannot be included unless a data set name or an * is specified.

REUSE

specifies the data set specified in the dsname operand is to be reused, if it already exists. You are not prompted for it.

RENUM

specifies the data set is to be renumbered before it is saved.

new_line_number: specifies the first line number to be assigned to the data set. If this operand is omitted, the first line number is 10.
incr: specifies the amount by which each succeeding line number is to be incremented. The default is 10. This operand cannot be included unless the new_line_number is specified.
old_line_number: specifies the line location within the data set where the renumber process begins. If this operand is omitted, renumbering starts at the beginning of the data set. The old_line_number must be equal to or less than the new_line_number. If you specify this operand, then you must also specify INCR.
end_line_number: specifies the line location within the data set where renumbering is to end. If this operand is omitted, renumbering stops at the end of the data set. The end_line_number must be greater than the old_line_number. This operand cannot be included unless the old_line_number is specified.

UNNUM

specifies the data set is to be unnumbered before it is saved.

If the data set you are editing originally contained control characters (ANSI or machine), and you enter SAVE without operands, the following actions apply:

For Sequential Data Set: You are warned that the data set is saved without control characters, that is, the record format is changed. Then you are prompted to enter another data set name for SAVE or a null line to reuse the EDIT data set.
For Partitioned Data Set: Saving into the EDIT data set with a control character attribute is not allowed when it is partitioned. You must save into another data set by specifying a data set name on a subsequent SAVE subcommand entry.