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

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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