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GENERAL INFORMATION
KEY FEATURES
File-AID's functions enable you to significantly reduce the time required to perform day-
to-day data file manipulation tasks such as creating and modifying test data, resolving
production data
Problems and performing ad-hoc file conversions and comparisons.
KEY FEATURES:
o Eliminates ISPF editing restrictions
- provides on-line editing of sequential, BDAM, PDS, ISAM, IAM, and VSAM files
using formatted, full-screen displays
- eliminates record length restriction
- eliminates file size restriction by using selection criteria to limit the number of
records to be edited
- supports files in compressed/encrypted format (with I/O exits)
- provides optional audit trail of all records updated, inserted, and deleted while
editing a data file
Four styles of data display are available when viewing your data file
records: C (Character), F (Formatted), V (Vertical format), U (Unformatted).
The MODE field lets you choose the display style you want to see first.
After the initial display, you use commands (CHAR, FMT, VFMT, UNFMT) to
switch your display mode as often as you like. Valid MODE values,
switching commands and restrictions are as follows:
Copy Utilities.
Produces list of volumes of VSAM datasets.