IEBCOPY Examples

The following examples illustrate some of the uses of IEBCOPY. Table 1 can be used as a quick-reference guide to IEBCOPY examples. The numbers in the "Example" column refer to examples that follow.

Table 1. IEBCOPY example directory
Operation	Device	Comments	Example
Alter in Place	Disk	Selected members are altered in place.	Example 10: Alter Load Modules in Place
Convert to PDSE	Disk	Converts a partitioned data set to a PDSE.	Example 13: Convert a Partitioned Data Set to a PDSE
COPY	Disk	Copies a full data set from one disk volume to another.	Example 1: Copy an Entire Data Set
COPY	Disk	Copies three input data sets to an existing output data set.	Example 2: Merge Four Data Sets
COPY	Disk	Copy a PDSE to a PDSE.	Example 14: Copy Groups from a PDSE to a PDSE
COPY	Disk	Selects members from two input data sets and copies them to an existing output data set. One member replaces an identically named member that already exists on the output data set.	Example 3: Copy and Replace Selected Members of a Data Set
COPY	Disks	Selects, excludes, and copies members from input data sets to one output data set. Illustrates multiple copy operations.	Example 6: Multiple Copy Operations with One Output Data Set
COPY	Disks	Selects, excludes, and copies members from input data sets to different output data sets. Illustrates multiple copy operations.	Example 7: Multiple Copy Operations with Different Output Data Sets
COPY	Disks	Copy a selected group by specifying an alias.	Example 16: Copy a Selected Group from a PDSE to a PDSE
COPY	Disks	Copy an entire PDSE to a PDSE with the replace (R) option.	Example 15: Copy Groups from a PDSE to a PDSE with Replace
COPY and Compress-in-place	Disk	Copies two input data sets to an existing output data set, which is compressed in place. Copies and replaces all members of one data set. Members on the output data set have the same name as those replaced.	Example 5: Merge Data Sets and Compress the Merged Data Set
Copy and reblock	Disk (3380)	Copies a load library to devices with different optimal block sizes. Reblocking must take place before the member can be added to the load library.	Example 11: Replace a Load Module Using COPYMOD
Copy and reblock	Disk (3380)	Copies load library to devices having different block sizes. Reblocks the library to size compatible with each device to which the library will be copied, then copies to those devices.	Example 12: Reblock Load Library and Distribute It to Different Device Types
Load	Tape and Disk	Loads a sequential data set to disk.	Example 8: Loading a Data Set
Unload and Compress-in-place	Disk and Tape	Unloads a partitioned data set to a tape volume to create a compressed backup copy.	Example 4: Unload and Compress a Data Set
Unload, Load, and COPY	Disk and Tape	Excludes, unloads, loads, and copies selected members.	Example 9: Unload Selected Members, Load, Copy and Merge

Examples that use disk or tape in place of actual device numbers must be changed before use. The actual device numbers depend on how your installation has defined the devices to your system.