9 System and Portable File I/O

The commands in this chapter read, write, and examine system files and portable files.

• APPLY DICTIONARY		Apply system file dictionary to active dataset.
• EXPORT		Write to a portable file.
• GET		Read from a system file.
• GET DATA		Read from foreign files.
• IMPORT		Read from a portable file.
• SAVE		Write to a system file.
• SAVE DATA COLLECTION		Write to a system file and metadata file.
• SAVE TRANSLATE		Write data in foreign file formats.
• SYSFILE INFO		Display system file dictionary.
• XEXPORT		Write to a portable file, as a transformation.
• XSAVE		Write to a system file, as a transformation.