PRINT command for DFSMSdss

With the PRINT command, you can print:

A single-volume non-VSAM data set, as specified by a fully qualified name. You must specify the volume where the data set resides, but you do not need to specify the range of tracks it occupies.
A single-volume VSAM data set component (not cluster). The component name specified must be the name in the VTOC, not the name in the catalog.
Ranges of tracks.
All or part of the VTOC. The VTOC location need not be known.

Note: In order to print a multivolume data set, multiple PRINT commands with the appropriate INDD/INDY keywords must be used.

Unless the ALLDATA keyword is specified, only the used space is printed for sequential or partitioned data sets or data sets with data set organizations of null.

If an error occurs in reading a record, DFSMSdss attempts to print the record in error. You can print all requested tracks or just a subset of the tracks that have data checks.

Related reading: For additional information about authorization checking, see Data security and authorization checking.