RE: JCL(?) question

Stephanie wrote:
>>>We've got the old B10 here, and we had problems with a batch job >that
was
>>>part of our month end.  I've found the proc/JCL that ran this job and
there
>>>is a parameter that I can't resolve, nor can I find reference to this in
any
>>>of the manuals here.  The line is:

>>>// FILE NAME-OUTPUT,LABEL-XYADROUT,RETAIN-J,RECORDS-?F'A,XYINTRAP'?

>>>The records parameter was interpreted as 00000000 when this job ran.  Is
>>>this some kind of function call to see the size of the input file(which
was
>>>XYINTRAP)?


That is correct.  The code ?F'A,XYINTRAP'? retrieves the current number of
active records from file XYINTRAP.  That is used because the file XYADROUT
is built on the fly.   The RECORDS definition states how much space to
reserve on the disk.  In your case, the file was empty.  The LABEL-XYADROUT
definition states to use file XYADROUT, instead of file OUTPUT.  This works
exactly like the OVRDBF command in CL.  The RETAIN-J states to delete this
file when the OCL job ends.


>>>What manual would this be in?  I've got a Control Language Programmer's
>>>Guide here but can't find this type of statement.  I didn't find any of
the
>>>actually, nor can I find an explanation for // LOAD, or // RUN, which
seem
>>>obvious, but I'd really like to find the right manual.

This looks like a S/36 OCL procedure.  If that is the case, the book you are
looking for is: System/36 Environment Reference (QBJAUR00).  The chapter on
OCL statements will explain the FILE, RUN and LOAD statements.



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