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Resolve a data set alias to find the target data set it points to. Uses IDCAMS LISTCAT to look up the alias in the catalog and return the associated data set name.

Usage

zowe zos-files list alias <aliasName> [options]

Positional Arguments

• aliasName (string)

  • The name of the data set alias that you want to resolve

Zosmf Connection Options

• --host | -H (string)

  • The z/OSMF server host name.

• --port | -P (number)

  • The z/OSMF server port.

    Default value: 443

• --user | -u (string)

  • Mainframe (z/OSMF) user name, which can be the same as your TSO login.

• --password | --pass | --pw (string)

  • Mainframe (z/OSMF) password, which can be the same as your TSO password.

• --reject-unauthorized | --ru (boolean)

  • Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

• --base-path | --bp (string)

  • The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all z/OSMF resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.

• --protocol (string)

  • The protocol used (HTTP or HTTPS)

    Default value: https
    Allowed values: http, https

• --cert-file (local file path)

  • The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication

• --cert-key-file (local file path)

  • The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

• --cert-account (string)

  • The account name for PKCS 12 certificate stored in credential manager

• --completion-timeout | --cto (number)

  • The amount in time, in seconds, a REST operation should wait to complete before timing out

• --establish-connection-timeout | --ecto (number)

  • The amount of time, in seconds, a REST operation should wait while connecting to the server before timing out

Options

• --response-timeout | --rto (number)

  • The maximum amount of time in seconds the z/OSMF Files TSO servlet should run before returning a response. Any request exceeding this amount of time will be terminated and return an error. Allowed values: 5 - 600

Profile Options

• --zosmf-profile | --zosmf-p (string)

  • The name of a (zosmf) profile to load for this command execution.

• --base-profile | --base-p (string)

  • The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

Base Connection Options

• --token-type | --tt (string)

  • The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

• --token-value | --tv (string)

  • The value of the token to pass to the API.

Examples

• Resolve the alias "SHARE.ALIAS.NAME" to find its target data set:

  • zowe zos-files list alias "SHARE.ALIAS.NAME" Copy