Control Language (CL) Concepts


OS/400 objects

Operating System/400(R) (OS/400(R)) objects provide the means through which all data processing information is stored and processed by OS/400. An OS/400 object is a named unit that exists (occupies space) in storage, and on which operations are performed by the operating system.

CL commands perform operations on the Operating System/400 objects. Several types of OS/400 objects are created and used in the control language.

OS/400 objects have the following in common:

For additional information about OS/400 objects, see the following:


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