What is the use of DUMMY statement in the JCL?
What is the use of DUMMY Utility in the JCL?

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What is the use of DUMMY statement in the JCL? What is the use of DUMMY Utility in the JCL?..

Answer / g parit

it will work only if you give record format and record length..something like this

//SYSIN DD DUMMY,recfm=fb,lrec=80,blksize=20

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What is the use of DUMMY statement in the JCL? What is the use of DUMMY Utility in the JCL?..

Answer / jhonnyboy

Real World Definition of a DUMMY:
- know it none
- test subject(Car Crash)

Conclusion:
- Worthless

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