EXAMINE end users fall into two categories:
- Application Programmer/Data Set Owner. These
users want to know of any structural inconsistencies in their data
sets, and they are directed to corresponding recovery methods that
IBM supports by the appropriate summary messages. The users' primary
focus is the condition of their data sets; therefore, they should
use the ERRORLIMIT(0) parameter of EXAMINE to suppress printing of
detailed error messages.
- System Programmer/Support Personnel. System
programmers or support personnel need the information from detailed
error messages to document or fix a problem with a certain data set.
Users must have master level access to a catalog or control level
access to a data set to examine it. Master level access to the master
catalog is also sufficient to examine a user catalog.