Handling alias names (ACS)

The ACS (Alias Catalog System) subsystem permits the use of alias names for managing files. How LMSCONV treats ACS alias names is described below.

Formulation of member names

The file name converted by ACS is always used for building member names.

Example

Alias X becomes file name FILE.X

The LMSCONV statement ADD-ELEMENT  X,(,*BY-SOURCE(001),S) creates the member S/FILE.X/001

Formulation of file names

The current file name is always used for building file names. It is then possibly converted by ACS.

Example

Alias X becomes file name FILE.X

The LMSCONV statement EXTRACT-ELEMENT  (,X,S),*BY-SOURCE creates the file FILE.X

Logging file names

LMSCONV always logs the fully converted file name.