once we submitted the job to the operating system, how can we
cancel the job before execution?

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once we submitted the job to the operating system, how can we cancel the job before execution?..

Answer / pranav

By going in SDSF;ST and putting 'C' across the Active job.
This will cancel the execution.

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once we submitted the job to the operating system, how can we cancel the job before execution?..

Answer / vinay sonar

In spool area put P i.e. PURGE in front of job-id and press
enter.Job will be terminated with message 'job cancelled'

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