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Table 7 (Page 2 of 2). VSE Job Control Statements Summary
VSE
Statement
Function MVS Equivalent
ON Causes specified action to be done if
the specified condition is true after
any step in the following job stream.
// EXEC COND= or
//IF/ENDIF
OPTION Sets one or more of the job control
options.
// EXEC PARM=
PAUSE Causes a pause immediately after
processing this statement, or at the
end of the current job step.
No equivalent in OS/390.
PROC Defines and initializes symbolic
parameters in a procedure.
// PROC
PWR Passes a PRELEASE or PHOLD
command to POWER.
/*$command
QUERY Displays information on data spaces
and standard options.
No equivalent in OS/390.
RESET Resets I/O assignments to the
standard assignments.
No equivalent in OS/390.
RSTRT Restarts a checkpointed program. // JOB RESTART=
SETPARM Assigns a character string or return
code to the specified parameter.
// SET
SETPFIX Defines limits for PFIXing pages. No equivalent in OS/390.
SETPRT Loads the IBM 3800 buffers. // DD or
// OUTPUT
STDOPT Resets system defaults. No equivalent in OS/390.
SYSDEF Defines limits and defaults for data
spaces.
No equivalent in OS/390.
TLBL Contains file label information for
tape label checking and writing.
// DD dsname= , LABEL=
UPSI (User Program Switch Indicators)
Allows the user to set program
switches that can be tested.
No equivalent in OS/390.
(Use // EXEC PARM=)
VDISK Defines the layout of a virtual disk. No equivalent in OS/390.
ZONE Initializes the zone field in the
communications region.
No equivalent in OS/390.
/. Label statement. No equivalent in OS/390.
/* Indicates the end of a data file. /*
/& Indicates the end of a job. //
* Job control comments. See JES2 control statements
below
/+ Indicates the end of a procedure or
librarian End-of-Data.
// PEND
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