What is order of searching of the libraries in a JCL?

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What is order of searching of the libraries in a JCL?..

Answer / guest

First any private libraries as specified in the STEPLIB or
JOBLIB, then the system libraries such as SYS1.LINKLIB. The
system libraries are specified in the link list.

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What is order of searching of the libraries in a JCL?..

Answer / sukhwinder

First Steplib, if not then Joblib, if not then system lib.

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What is order of searching of the libraries in a JCL?..

Answer / vigneshraj

jpa (job pack area )
tasklib
job/steplib
lpa(link pack area)
linklistxx or procxx

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What is order of searching of the libraries in a JCL?..

Answer / sunitha

Suppose if we specify multiple datasets in the joblib and
steplib statements then the dataset with largest block size
will be the first one to be searched in order.

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