Using OPUTX to copy a sequential data set or members of a PDS or PDSE

The OPUTX command is actually an exec that calls OPUT. You can use the OPUTX command to copy either of these:

Members of an MVS™ partitioned data set or PDSE to a z/OS UNIX directory
A sequential data set or a single member of a partitioned data set to a file

For the copy, you can specify whether this is text or binary data, or select code page conversion. When copying a partitioned data set or PDSE, you can specify a copy to lowercase file names and append a suffix to the member names when they become file names.

You can use the CONVERT option for single-byte data, but not for double-byte data. See Double-byte data for information on code page conversion for double-byte data.

The single quotation marks around the directory name and file name are optional. Avoid using OPUTX with pathnames that contain quotes and spaces. For details on the OPUTX command, see z/OS UNIX System Services Command Reference.