501: Wildcards not allowed in PDS name

Explanation

The LIST or NLST command was issued requesting that members of a partitioned data set be listed. The name of the PDS contained one or more global file-name characters * or %. When listing members of a PDS, global file-name characters are allowed only in the member name, not in the PDS name.

System action

The LIST or NLST command is rejected.

User response

Correct the data set name and reissue the request.

System programmer response

None.