DASDCAT(1)

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💖 DASDCAT(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the General Commands Manual, and we're talking about a lil program called DASDCAT. pull up a chair, grab a boba, we're doing this 🧋✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

DASDCAT — displays pds datasets and members from a DASD image file. that's the whole job. she shows you stuff. iconic behavior honestly 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dasdcat [-i dasd_image [sf=shadowfile] pdsname/spec:flags]

look at that syntax, it's giving structured. yes the brackets are nested. no we're not scared of them 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page documents the dasdcat program. that's literally what it's here for, no cap.

the dasdcat utility displays pds datasets and members from a DASD image file. that's the vibe. that's the mission. she reads the image and shows you what's inside 🔥

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

  • dasd_image — the input DASD filename. this is the image you're pulling from, the main character of the operation 👑
  • shadowfile — the associated shadow DASD filename. it's optional, so if you don't have one, you're still valid 💜
  • pdsname — the name of the partitioned dataset that information will be extracted from. this is the specific thing you're peeking at 🔍
  • spec — bestie, spec can be one of these three:
    • name — list PDS member name
    • * — list all PDS members. the greedy one. she wants everything 🌈
    • ? — list the membernames of the PDS
  • flags — and flags can be one of these two:
    • c — list members as cards
    • a — list members in ASCII

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

the programs are documented fully by The Hercules System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture Emulator, which lives right here:

/usr/share/doc/hercules/html

go read the full lore, iykyk 📚✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Hercules was created by Roger Bowler and is maintained by Jay Maynard. Jan Jaeger designed and implemented many of the advanced features of Hercules, including dynamic reconfiguration, integrated console, interpretive execution, and z/Architecture support. absolute legends, every single one 🫶🌟

this manual page was written by Peter De Schrijver p2@debian.org for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but it may be used by others, generous queen 💅). permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GPL.

no cap, that's the whole page. every flag, every parameter, every credit, all present and accounted for 💖

and that's a wrap! the footer just says DASDCAT(1) one more time, like a little goodbye kiss from the manpage itself. stay slaying, bestie 🌸💅✨

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