To specify data set names and file names, use the OPUT command. To specify ddnames, use the ALLOCATE command and the OCOPY command together. Because you can specify permissions on the ALLOCATE command first, the OCOPY command lets you set the permission bits for a newly created file.

If you are moving the data set permanently to the file system, use the TSO/E DELETE command to delete the data set after copying it.

You can use the CONVERT option for single-byte data, but not for double-byte data. See Double-byte data for information about code page conversion for double-byte data.