Syntax

loaddata data-element-name=file-path

Description

The loaddata command loads the contents of a data element from a file, instead of setting the contents in a script using the data command.

Parameter	Description
data-element-name	Data element into which the file contents is loaded.
file-path	File from which contents is loaded into the data element.

z/OS

When issuing loaddata, file_path can be in any of the following formats:

loaddata only handles files on the file system local to the manager. You cannot use loaddata to write files on other systems.

If a file called commands.txt has the following contents:

cd /
ls -al
exit

Issuing the following commands would load the contents of commands.txt into a data element called mydata and print them out:

> loaddata mydata=commands.txt
> data print=mydata
cd /
ls -al
exit