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Using ISPF to edit a z/OS UNIX file z/OS UNIX System Services User's Guide SA23-2279-00 |
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ISPF Edit provides a full-screen editor you can use to create and
edit z/OS UNIX files.
You can access ISPF Edit in several ways:
Tip: If you know you will be using OEDIT or OBROWSE during a shell session, make your initial invocation of the shell from ISPF. If you enter the OMVS command from ISPF, you can subsequently access OEDIT and OBROWSE more quickly than if you had entered the OMVS command from TSO/E. Using ISPF Edit, you can edit only regular files (not special files). You need read and write permission for the file and search permission for any intermediate directories. When you are working in MVS™ (TSO/E or ISPF), your home directory is the default working directory. When you create a new file, you must have the appropriate permissions
to add a new file to the parent directory. When a file is created
using ISPF Edit, its default permissions are:
ISPF Edit allows only one edit session at a time per file. It reads the entire file when the edit session begins. At the end of the session, it replaces the original file with the edited file. During an ISPF Edit session, you can use these types of commands:
To end an edit session:
When you end the edit session, you go back to where you were when you began it: on the entry panel, on an ISPF command line, at the TSO/E READY prompt, or at the shell prompt. All you ever wanted to know about ISPF EditThe discussion in this topic is an introduction to ISPF Edit. For detailed information about ISPF Edit, use the online help facility or refer to z/OS ISPF Edit and Edit Macros. |
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