GPFDSN

You can create a global preferences file that runs a set of z/OS® Debugger commands at the start of all z/OS Debugger sessions. For example, a global preferences file can have a command that sets PF keys to specific values. If your site uses the PF6 key as the program exit key, you can specify the SET PF6 "EXIT" = QUIT; command, which assigns the z/OS Debugger QUIT command to the PF6 key, in the global preferences file. (See Customizing your full-screen session in the IBM® z/OS Debugger User's Guide for a description of the interface features you can change.)

Whenever a user starts z/OS Debugger, z/OS Debugger processes the commands in the global preferences file first. The user can also create his or her own preferences file and a commands file. In this situation, z/OS Debugger processes the files in the following order:
  1. Global preferences file
  2. User preferences file
  3. Commands file

To create a global preferences file, do the following steps:

  1. Create a preferences file that is stored as a sequential file or a PDS member. Refer to IBM z/OS Debugger User's Guide for a description of preferences files.

    The rules for the preferences file are dependant on the programming language of the first program z/OS Debugger encounters. Because you might not know what programming language z/OS Debugger will encounter first, use the following rules when you create the preferences file:

    • Put the commands in columns 8 - 72.
    • Do not put line numbers in the file.
    • Use COMMENT or /* */ to delimit comments.
  2. Specify the GPFDSN command to indicate the name of the global preferences file.

    For 'file_name', specify the name of the data set where the global preferences file will be stored.

The following diagram describes the syntax of the GPFDSN command:

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramEQAXOPTGPFDSN ,'file_name'
'file_name'
The name of the data set where you stored the global preferences file.

Examples

EQAXOPT GPFDSN,’GROUP1.COMMON.DTOOL.PREFS’
EQAXOPT GPFDSN