The IDCAMS Utility Program

IDCAMS is a utility program that is part of VSE/VSAM. It serves to create and maintain files.

You can invoke IDCAMS functions in a job step that contains IDCAMS commands and their parameters, and that specifies:

   // EXEC IDCAMS,SIZE=AUTO

For more information, refer to the // EXEC Statement .

You can also call the IDCAMS program from within another program and pass a command and its parameters to the IDCAMS program. For details, refer to the Invoking IDCAMS from a Program .

Resource Access Control Facility interface for IDCAMS commands has been implemented to integrate VSAM into the overall z/VSE BSM concept. Access control on the level of IDCAMS has been added. Refer to the IDCAMS Commands Security .