Third Edition (September 1989)
This edition replaces and makes obsolete the previous edition, GC26-4150-1.
This edition applies to Version 2 Release 4 of MVS/Extended Architecture Data Facility Product,
Program Number 5665-XA2, and to any subsequent releases until otherwise indicated in new editions
or technical newsletters.

This book is intended to help you use the MVS/Extended Architecture Data
Facility Product utility programs to manipulate system and user data and data
sets. It contains information on the MVS/XA DFP utility programs. Unless spe
cifically stated otherwise, the information in this book must not be used for pro
gramming purposes. However, this book also provides the following types of
information, which are explicitly identified where they occur:
I General-Use Programming Interface
General-use programming interfaces are provided to allow you to write pro
grams that use the services of MVS/XA DFP.
I End of General-Use Programming Interface
I Internal Product Information
Internal product information is provided as additional guidance on using some
of the MVS/XA DFP utility programs. This internal information should never be
used as programming interface information.
I End of Internal Product Information
Organization
Throughout this book, the term "DFDSS" refers to either the IBM Data Set Ser
vices product or an equivalent product. The term "RACF" refers to either the
IBM Resource Access Control Facility product or an equivalent product.

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