I want to change the attribute of field or want to add new
field in existing PF but condition is format level
identifier should not change, is it possible?

Answer Posted / subbareddy

by using CHGPF command we can change the file field
attributes as wells as we can add the new field to the
existing file without loss of existing data.

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