Using HFS files

You can process byte-stream HFS files as ORGANIZATIONAL SEQUENTIAL files using QSAM and specifying the PATH=fully-qualified-pathname and FILEDATA=BINARY options on the DD statement or using an environment variable to define the file.

You can process text HFS files as ORGANIZATION SEQUENTIAL files using QSAM and specifying the PATH=fully-qualified-pathname and FILEDATA=TEXT on the DD statement or as ORGANIZATION LINE SEQUENTIAL and specifying the PATH=fully-qualified-pathname on the DD statement.