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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 DATA COLLECTION |  | Write to a system file and metadata 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.