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## 9 System and Portable File I/O

The commands in this chapter read, write, and examine system files and portable files.

- APPLY DICTIONARY: Apply system file dictionary to active dataset.
- EXPORT: Write to a portable file.
- GET: Read from a system file.
- GET DATA: Read from foreign files.
- IMPORT: Read from a portable file.
- SAVE: Write to a system file.
- SAVE TRANSLATE: Write data in foreign file formats.
- SYSFILE INFO: Display system file dictionary.
- XEXPORT: Write to a portable file, as a transformation.
- XSAVE: Write to a system file, as a transformation.