| Utility Name | Function |
| CCKDCDSK | CCKD DASD file integrity verification, recovery and repair utility |
| CCKDCOMP | CCKD DASD file compression utility |
| CCKDDIAG | CCKD DASD file diagnostics utility |
| CCKDSWAP | CCKD DASD file swap-endian program |
| DASDCAT | Display PDS datasets and members |
| DASDCONV | DASD image file conversion program |
| DASDCOPY | Copy DASD file to another DASD file |
| DASDINIT | DASD image file creation |
| DASDISUP | Fix XCTL tables in SVCLIB |
| DASDLOAD | DASD loader program |
| DASDLS | List datasets on a volume |
| DASDPDSU | PDS unload utility |
| DASDSEQ | Display sequential datasets |
| Utility Name | Function |
| HETGET | Extract files from an AWS or HET tape file |
| HETINIT | Initialize an AWS or HET tape file |
| HETMAP | Show information about a HET or AWS tape file |
| HETUPD | Update and/or copy an AWS or HET tape file |
| TAPECOPY | Copy a SCSI tape to or from an AWSTAPE disk file |
| TAPEMAP | Show information about an AWS tape file |
| TAPESPLT | Split an AWS tape file |
| VMFPLC2 | VM formatted tape utility |
| Utility Name | Function |
| DMAP2HRC | P/390 DEVMAP conversion program |
General Format
CCKDCDSK [-option [-option ... ]] filename
Options
-v (display version info and exit) -f (force check even if OPENED bit is on) -ro (open file read-only, no repairs) -level (level of checking, 1-4)
General Format
CCKDCOMP [-option [-option ... ]] filename
Options
-v (display version info and exit) -f (force check even if OPENED bit is on) -level (level of checking, 1-4)
General Format
CCKDDIAG [-option [-option ... ]] filename
Options
-v (display version info and exit) -d (display DEVHDR) -c (display CDEVHDR) -1 (display L1TAB [l = numeric one]) -g (enable debug output)
CKD track related options:
-a cc hh (display absolute CCHH data) -r tt (display relative TT data) -2 (display L2TAB related to –a or –r) -t (display track data) -x (hex display track / key data) -ooo ll (hex display data at offset oo of length ll)
General Format
CCKDSWAP filename
General Format
DASDCAT -i image [SF=shadowfile] pdsname/spec:flags
General Format
DASDCONV [-option [-option ... ]] {infile | -} outfile
Options
-r (replace output file) -lfs (create single file even if > 2GB) -q (quiet option, suppress progress messages)
General Format
DASDCOPY [-option [-option ... ]] infile[SF=shadowfile] outfile
Options
-v (display version info and help text) -h (display help text and quit) -q (quiet mode, suppress status) -r (replace output file) -z (compress using zlib (default)) -bz2 (compress using bzip2) -0 (do not compress output [0 = zero]) -blks n (size of output FBA file) -cyls n (size of output CKD file) -a (create output CKD file with alternatecylinders) -lfs (create single file even if > 2GB) -o type (output file type: CKD, CCKD, FBA,CFBA)
General Format
DASDINIT [-option [-option ... ]] filename
devtype[-model] volser [size]
Options
-v (display version info and help text)
-z (build compressed DASD using zlib)
-bz2 (build compressed DASD usng bzip2)
-0 (build image file with no compression [0 = zero])
-lfs (create single file even if > 2GB)
-a (include alternate cylinders)
-r (build raw DASD image file)
-b (make the wait PSW in the IPL1 record a BC-mode PSW.
If not specified the wait PSW will be an EC-mode PSW)
-m (enable the wait PSW in the IPL1 record for machine check
interruptions)-linux
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(null track images will look like linux DASDFMT’ed images)
General Format
DASDISUP outfile [SF=shadowfile]
General Format
DASDLOAD [-option [-option ... ]] ctlfile outfile ,nsglevel
Options
-z (compress using zlib)
-bz2 (compress using bzip2)
-0 (do not compress output [0 = zero])
-lfs (create single file even if > 2GB)
-a (include alternate cylinders)
-b (for a volume without IPL text, make the wait PSW
written to the IPL1 record a BC-mode PSW.
If not specified the wait PSW will be an EC-mode PSW)
-m (for a volume without IPL text, make the wait PSW written to
the IPL1 record enabled for machine checks)
The control file is an ASCII text file consisting of a volume statement followed by one dataset statement for each dataset to be created.
General Format
volser devtype[-model] [cyls [ipltext]]
General Format
dsname method units pri sec dir dsorg recfm lrecl ...... blksize keylen
General Format
DASDLS [-option [-option ... ]] filename [SF=shadowfile]
Options
-info (Show Format 1 DSCB information) -caldt (Display dates as YYYYMMMDD) -refdt (Display last-referenced date) -expdt (Display expiry date) -hdr (Display column headers) -dsnl[=n] (Reserve space for dataset names up to n characters) -yroffs[=n] (Add the year offset n to dates before displaying them)
General Format
DASDPDSU filename [SF=shadowfile] pdsname [ASCII]
General Format
DASDSEQ [-DEBUG] [-EXPERT] [-ASCII] image [SF=shadowfile] filespec
General Format
HETGET tapefile outfile filenum
General Format
HETINIT [-option [-option ... ]] filename[volser] [owner]
Options
-d (disable compression, create AWSTAPE file) -h (display usage summary) -i (create IEHINITT formatted tape, default) -n (create NL (non labeled) tape
General Format
HETMAP [-option [-option ... ]] filename
Options
-a (print all label and file information, default) -bn (Print ‘n’ bytes per file, implies –s) -d (print only dataset information) -f (print only file information) -h (display usage summary) -l (print only label information) -s (print dump of each data file in SLANAL format) -t (print TAPEMAP-compatible format output)
General Format
HETUPD [-option [-option ... ]] source [destination]
Options
-1...9 (compression level (1=fast, 9=best)) -b (use bzlib compression) -c n (set chunk size to n) -d (decompress source tape file) -h (display usage summary) -r (rechunk tape file) -s (strict AWSTAPE specification) -v (verbose information) -z (use zlib compression)
General Format
TAPECOPY [tapedrive] [awsfile]orTAPECOPY [awsfile] [tapedrive]
General Format
TAPEMAP filename
General Format
TAPESPLT infile outfile count
VMFPLC2 (VM formatted tape utility)
General Format
VMFPLC2 {DUMP controlfile outputfile | SCAN inputfile |LOAD inputfile}
Each line of the control file has the following format:
filename filetype filemode recfm lrecl type tapefile
DMAP2HRC (P/390 DEVMAP conversion program)
General Format
DMAP2HRC filename
General Format
loc devnum devtype host[:port | :3990][:rem devnum] [COMP=n]
Set Buffer Address to row x and column y.
@SBA x,y
Set Field to highlight (“H”) and/or protected (“P”). @SF {H | P | HP }
Force a skip to a new line. @NL
===Align</wrap>**
Specify text alignment.
@ALIGN {NONE | LEFT | RIGHT | CENTER }
Variables
| $(VERSION) | The Hercules version. |
| $(HOSTNAME) | The host name, on which Hercules is running. |
| $(HOSTOS) | The host operating system. |
| $(HOSTOSREL) | The release of the host operating system. |
| $(HOSTOSVER) | The version of the host operating system. |
| $(HOSTARCH) | The host architecture. |
| $(HOSTNUMCPUS) | The number of host CPUs. UP (Uniprocessor for one CPU), or MP=n (Multiprocessor for more than one CPUs). |
| $(LPARNAME) | The LPAR name specified in the configuration file. |
| $(CSS) | The logical channel subsystem set or channel set for theterminal. |
| $(SUBCHAN) | The subchannel number for the terminal. |
| $(CCUU) $(ccuu) $(CUU) $(cuu) | Various forms of the device number of the terminal. |