What does SYSIN * indicate?

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What does SYSIN * indicate?..

Answer / guest

Instream data follows this card and is terminated when
followed by a card containing // or /* in columns 1 and 2.

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What does SYSIN * indicate?..

Answer / sariputi

It is one of the DD statement,through which we can give
the instream Data(Input)required for the job.

EXAMPLE:

//SYSIN DD *
COPY I=DD1,O=DD2
/*

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