IBM does provide a z/OS Data Set File System Administration and a z/OS Data Set File System Messages and Codes. There is no Users Guide because there is no real need once one understands how it works.
DSDS, in a nutshell, is a root mount point from which the OMVS shell users access z/OS datasets as if they were just another file. There a nuances for text, record format, binary, and spool files that the users need to understand. Lionel B. Dyck <>< Github: https://github.com/lbdyck “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 7:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Dataset File System On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:40:43 -0600, Lionel B Dyck wrote: >I’ve experimented with it and found it has great potential. I also >wrote this >https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/lionel >-dyck2/2023/10/20/data-set-file-system-aka-dsfs-simplified-administr > Which begins: BM introduced the Data Set File System (DSFS) with z/OS 2.5 as an option for shell users of z/OS to easily access z/OS datasets using traditional shell services. Where's the User's Guide? If, as I believe, interaction of traditional shell services with DSFS differs significantly from interaction with z/FS, the difference should be documented in a User's Guide. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
