This article shows some examples and concepts of IEBGENER IBM utility.

About IEBGENER and Examples

IEBGENER is a utility program in the z/OS operating system that can be used to copy data from one file to another. Here are some examples of how IEBGENER can be used to copy files:

• To copy an entire dataset from one file to another, you can use the following syntax:

IEBGENER FROMFILE(INPUT-DATASET) TOFILE(OUTPUT-DATASET)

• To copy only a specific number of records from the input dataset to the output dataset, you can use the COUNT parameter:

IEBGENER FROMFILE(INPUT-DATASET) TOFILE(OUTPUT-DATASET) COUNT(1000)

• To copy only records that match a certain condition, you can use the SELECT parameter:

IEBGENER FROMFILE(INPUT-DATASET) TOFILE(OUTPUT-DATASET) SELECT(CONDITION)

• To specify the record format of the input and output datasets, you can use the INREC and OUTREC parameters:

IEBGENER FROMFILE(INPUT-DATASET) TOFILE(OUTPUT-DATASET) INREC(INPUT-RECORD-FORMAT) OUTREC(OUTPUT-RECORD-FORMAT)

These are just a few examples of how IEBGENER can be used to copy files. For more information and a full list of options, you can refer to the z/OS documentation for IEBGENER.