4.5. Catalog Search Interface

The Catalog Search Interface (CSI) is shipped as a component of base since DFSMS/MVS 1.5. As its use is not wide spread, we take this opportunity to remind you of its availability and to point out its advantages over other methods of obtaining catalog information. The following section describes:

  • CSI setup

    - CSI programming considerations

    - IBM supplied sample program

4.5.1. CSI setup

The CSI is a general-use programming interface for obtaining information from ICF catalogs. It provides great flexibility in specifying the selection criteria for the data that is to be returned. The CSI may be invoked by assembler programs, high-level language programs and REXX execs. See the appendix in Managing Catalogs, SC26-4914, ...

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