The INCPDS option specifies a PDS from which the compiler will include files when compiling a program under z/OS UNIX.
.-NOINCPDS-----------------. >>-+-INCPDS--(--‘PDS name’--)-+--------------------------------><
For example, if you wanted to compile the program TEST from a PDS named SOURCE.PLI and wanted to use the INCLUDE files from the PDS SOURCE.INC, then you could specify the following command
pli -c -qincpds="SOURCE.INC" "//’SOURCE.PLI(TEST)’"
The compiler looks for INCLUDE files in the following order: