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Renaming Data Sets with RENAME
Chapter 8. Renaming Data Sets
Renaming Data Sets with the RENAME Command . . . . . .
Changing a Data Set's Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Renaming a Group of Data Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Renaming a Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Creating an Alias Name for a Member . . . . . . . . . . . .
ALIAS Operand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Renaming Data Sets with the UTILITIES Option of ISPF/PDF
Renaming an Entire Data Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Renaming a Data Set Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Renaming More than One Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sometimes it is necessary to rename a data set or a member of a data set when,
for clarification, you need to revise the data set name.
To rename data sets and members of data sets:
Ÿ Use the RENAME command
Ÿ Use the UTILITIES option of ISPF/PDF.
Renaming Data Sets with the RENAME Command
Use the RENAME command to:
Ÿ Change the name of a single volume, non-VSAM cataloged,
non-SMS-managed data set.
Ÿ Change the name of a single or multivolume, non-VSAM cataloged,
SMS-managed data set.
Ÿ Change the name of a member of a cataloged partitioned data set
Ÿ Create an alias for a member of a cataloged partitioned data set.
To change the name of a VSAM data set, you can use the Access Method
Services ALTER command. For more information about the ALTER command, see
DFSMS/MVS Access Method Services for VSAM.
When you rename a password protected data set, the data set does not retain the
password. If you want to password protect the renamed data set, you must use the
PROTECT command to assign a password to the data set before you access it.
Do not use the RENAME command to create an alias for a load module created by
the linkage editor.
Changing a Data Set's Name
To change the name of a data set, specify on the RENAME command:
Ÿ The data set name you want to change
Ÿ The data set's new name.
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