There are at least seven IDCAMS commands; name and explain
each of them ?.



There are at least seven IDCAMS commands; name and explain each of them ?...

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ALTER modifies information for a catalog, alternate index,
cluster or path. BLDINDEX builds the alternate index, of
course. DEFINE is used for ALTERNATEINDEX, CLUSTER or PATH.
DELETE removes the catalog entry for a catalog, cluster,
alternate index or path. LISTCAT lists information about the
dataset. PRINT prints the dataset contents. REPRO copies
records from one file to another.

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