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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.