Member-related commands with DDM

Database file operations that apply to a member can be used by DDM.

When the name of a DDM file is specified on any of the following CL commands, i5/OS™ DDM accesses the remote file (and member) referred to by the DDM file. However, as indicated in the chart, some of these commands are valid only when the remote file is on an iSeries™ server or a System/38™.

Command name	Descriptive name
ADDPFM¹	Add Physical File Member
ADDLFM⁶	Add Logical File Member
ALCOBJ	Allocate Object
CHGLFM¹	Change Logical File Member
CHGPFM¹	Change Physical File Member
CLOF	Close File
CLRPFM	Clear Physical File Member
CPYF²	Copy File
CPYFRMTAP	Copy From Tape
CPYSPLF	Copy Spooled File
CPYSRCF¹	Copy Source File
CPYTOTAP	Copy To Tape
DCLF	Declare File
DLCOBJ	Deallocate Object
DSPFD³	Display File Description
DSPFFD³	Display File Field Description
DSPPFM	Display Physical File Member
INZPFM¹	Initialize Physical File Member
OPNDBF⁴	Open Database File
OPNQRYF¹	Open Query File
OVRDBF⁵	Override Database File
POSDBF	Position Database File
RCVF	Receive File
RCVNETF	Receive Network File
RGZPFM¹	Reorganize Physical File Member
RMVM¹	Remove Member
RNMM¹	Rename Member
SNDNETF	Send Network File
¹ The target system must be an iSeries server or a System/38. ² For other DDM-related considerations about this command, see Copy commands with DDM. ³ These commands display remote file information if the SYSTEM parameter specifies RMT or ALL. ⁴ For information about commitment control, see Commitment control support for DDM. ⁵ This command does not access the remote file. ⁶ The target server must be an iSeries server.

The Submit Remote Command (SBMRMTCMD) command can also be used to submit some of the commands to a target server.

The Send Network File (SNDNETF) and Receive Network File (RCVNETF) commands, whenever possible, should run on the server on which the data exists, rather than using a DDM file to access the remote file.