Display library names and contents

You can use the Display Library (DSPLIB) or Work with Libraries (WRKLIB) command to display or print all the libraries you have authority to and find basic information on each object within the libraries.

The object information includes:

The name and type of the object
The attributes of the object
The size of the object
The description entered for the object when it was created

On the Display Library (DSPLIB) command, you can also specify a specific library name or names, in which case you bypass the library selection display. In this list, the objects are grouped by library; within each library, they are grouped by object type; within each type, they are listed in alphanumeric order. The order of the libraries is one of the following:

If libraries are specified on the Display Library (DSPLIB) command, the libraries are displayed in the order they are specified in the display command.
If *LIBL or *USRLIBL is specified on the Display Library (DSPLIB) command, the order of the libraries matches the order of the libraries in the library list for the job.
If *ALL or *ALLUSR is specified on the Display Library (DSPLIB) command, the order of the libraries is in alphanumeric order. The user must have read authority for the library to be displayed.

For example, the following Display Library (DSPLIB) command displays a list of the objects contained in DISTLIB:

DSPLIB  LIB(DISTLIB)  OUTPUT(*)

The asterisk (*) for the OUTPUT parameter means that the libraries are to be shown at the display station if in interactive processing and printed if in batch processing. To print a list when in interactive processing, specify *PRINT instead of taking the default *.