The CONVXLAT utility

The TSO CONVXLAT command converts a table from editable text to binary. CONVXLAT can be used to convert both SBCS and DBCS table source data sets. The basic syntax of the CONVXLAT command is:

CONVXLAT InputDataSet OutputDataSet

The InputDataSet specifies the source data set name to be converted. The OutputDataSet specifies the destination for the data set created by the conversion. For both the InputDataSet and the OutputDataSet, the names must be enclosed in quotes if fully qualified, otherwise the TSO user ID is appended as a prefix.

The following example shows the creation of a SBCS binary table from customized text tables that reside in CS390.CS14.PRD.SEZATCPX(CUSTOM).

CONVXLAT 'CS390.CS14.PRD.SEZATCPX(CUSTOM)' 'USER5.BAILEY.TCPXLBIN'
READY