Answer Posted / nidhi sharma

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how can you check if a file is empty using jcl?

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How can values be passed from the job stream to an executable program?

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We can use PASS with permanent datasets also. THEN Which is the condition in which we may use PASS (instead of KEEP) with permanent data sets, while there is no need to specify UNIT and VOL for them like temporary data sets (in cas we use KEEP for permanent data sets) ?

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Is it possible to define dd statements as you want?

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Explain how can an in-stream dataset be terminated?

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My Question is 1. How to cound no. of records in JCL. Please explain with an example. 2. How to execute only odd steps in JCL? I know EDIT TYPE = Inculde, Step Name = 1,3,5 and COND code for all even step. Anyone knows other than this.

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What is the significance of addrspc parameter in the exec statement?

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What do you understand by the term “keyword” with respect to jcl and what is the opposite of the term?

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What is notcat 2 - gs?

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Where can program checkpoints be stored for use in a restart?

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What does a disposition of (new,catlg,keep) for a dsn mean?

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In job processing, what happens in conversion stage?

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What is jcl in mainframe?

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I want to JCL sort for Non-COMP and COMP-3 fields SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,11,A,12,11,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS Length of comp bytes is 11 bytes which start at 6byte and 12 byte considering 11 bytes in comp-3 is 6 bytes. Can anyone tell if the above sort work SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,6,A,12,6,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS does not works OK

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why should SYSIN DD * statement should not be included inside a PROCedure snippet??? please answer this.. i need to know.

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