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4.3.13 Summary of MVS JCL Statements
Table 8. MVS Job Control Statements
JCL Statement Purpose
// command Enters an MVS system operator command
through the input stream. The command
statement is used primarily by the operator. Use
the COMMAND statement instead of the JCL
command statement.
// COMMAND Specifies an MVS or JES command that the
system issues when the JCL is converted. Use
the COMMAND statement instead of the JCL
command statement.
//* comment Contains comments. The comment statement is
used primarily to document a program and its
resource requirements.
// CNTL Marks the beginning of one or more program
control statements.
// DD Identifies and describes a data set. Indicates the
end of data placed in the input stream. Note: Any
two characters can be designated by the user to
be the delimiter.
// ENDCNTL Marks the end of one or more program control
statements.
// EXEC Marks the beginning of a job step; assigns a
name to the step; identifies the program or the
cataloged or in-stream procedure to be executed
in this step.
// IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF Specifies conditional execution of job steps within
a job.
// INCLUDE Identifies a member of a partitioned data set
(PDS) or partitioned data set extended (PDSE)
that contains JCL statements to be included in
the job stream.
// JCLLIB Identifies the libraries that the system will search
for INCLUDE groups and Procedures named in
EXEC statements.
// JOB Marks the beginning of a job; assigns a name to
the job.
// Marks the end of a job.
// OUTPUT Specifies the processing options that the job
entry subsystem is to use for printing a SYSOUT
data set.
// PEND Marks the end of an in-stream or cataloged
procedure.
// PROC Marks the beginning of an in-stream procedure
and may mark the beginning of a cataloged
procedure; assigns default values to parameters
defined in the procedure.
// SET Defines and assigns initial values to symbolic
parameters used when processing JCL
statements. Changes or nullifies the values
assigned to symbolic parameters.
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