Answer / venkat

No. JCL is like a carrier between the OS and our
application.

Answer / tt

Yes, but not a translator. JCL is like an interpreter.

Answer / muttaiah

I can say "JCL is a compiler" since we use JCL to compile
the programs written in Cobol, PL1/ Assembler.

Since JCL acts as an intermediate between OS and
Application program most of them say as interpreter..

You can add the above stmts while answering.

Answer / srk

the mainframe operating systems identifies the resources that are needed for the execution of a program through the jcl statements.

Answer / guest

no jcl is not a compiler but a job control language. it is
used for just submitting the program that you write in
cobol or any other language.

Answer / narendra

no it is just like a mediator to transform jobs to os and
which jobs or executed

I found in one of the jcl, gdg version being mentioned as : abc.def.ghi(-0) Can anyone tell me how referring the version as (-0) is different from referring it as (0)

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I have a cobol db2 program(PGM A) where other program (PGM B) will call this program and passes some 50 fields data to PGM A. PGM A has some layout in which it receives the data from PGM B. And this layout has been copied in the linkage section pf PGM A. After getting the data, PGM A writes the data in a flat file in the same layout which it receives from PGM B. PGM B is a simple COBOL pgm. Please provide a JCL to run these programs.

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Hi, Say I have 10 flat files and I want to copy all these 10 flat files to a GDG versions flat files (I have GDG base: FDWS01.TEST.RESTORE) in one shot. Can we do that in one shot using a JCL. May be by using IEBGENER. It's a bit urgent. So anyone's fast rely would be appreciated.. Thanks in advance.. 10 flat files ----------------------------------- FDWS01.SUB.RESTORE1 FDWS01.SUB.RESTORE2 FDWS01.SUB.RESTORE3 ; ; FDWS01.SUB.RESTORE10 TO GDG versions ----------------------- FDWS01.TEST.RESTORE.G0001V00 FDWS01.TEST.RESTORE.G0002V00 FDWS01.TEST.RESTORE.G0003V00 ; ; FDWS01.TEST.RESTORE.G0010V00

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how to purge 50 initiators continuously?? console commands??

4 Answers   IBM, ups,

Using DELETE what type of file can you delete? a)SEQUENTIAL FILE B)INDEXED FILE C) D) Some options were there..i cant remember

3 Answers   HSBC,

I have 255 procedures in a job, each procedure contain 2 steps.can we execute this job?

2 Answers  

wht do u mean by inrec and outrec ?

1 Answers   IBM,

how do you create a dataset in a jcl with the same file organisation as that of another existing dataset?

0 Answers   IBM,

What are the maximum and minimum sizes of any CONTROL AREA (VSAM datasets) ?

2 Answers   Patni,

is step name is compulsory in jcl ?

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My JOB contains three steps. //STEP1 EXEC PGM=ABC //STEP2 EXEC PGM=DEF //STEP3 EXEC PGM=GHI My Question is 1) I want to execute second step only. How will do. 2) Soppose U consider above three steps are in PROC steps and I want execute the PROC second step only? How to execute the second step only. During exection time its creating any ABEND? Please let me know..........

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If a (+1) generation dataset is created in the first step of a job, how can it be referenced in later steps of the same job for input?

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