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In order to run Unix System Services (USS) shell commands, scripts and others, from a batch job, you can use the BPXBATCH program provided with z/OS. BPXBATCH can be invoked form a JCL (batch job) or from TSO: JCL: EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,PARM=’SH program-name’ EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,PARM=’PGM program-name’ TSO: BPXBATCH SH program-name BPXBATCH […]
SUPERC (super compare) is one of ISPF’s most useful utilities; It allows to compare datasets or search for text strings. Normally, SUPERC is used via ISPF panels but it can also be used in batch job. SUPERC is able to process: Sequential datasets Partitioned datasets (including individual members) Concatenated datasets […]
Ever wondered how you can transfer data between z/OS and Unix System Services? Well, one of the ways you can do this is via batch job. //COPYFILE EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 //IN DD PATH=’/tmp/file.txt’ //OUT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=USERA.USSFILE.EXAMPLE(FILEUSS) //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD * OCOPY INDD(IN) OUTDD(OUT) TEXT /* In this batch job, […]
Probably not known to many people is the existence or how to use the CLIST parameter of the RACF SEARCH command. Its usefulness however makes it worthwhile for everyone to learn how it works. As you may know, to query the RACF database for the existence of profiles, we rely […]
There are times where you may need to execute MVS or JES2 commands in batch using a JCL job. In this article I will show you 3 different ways of doing this. The examples below show the JCL required to execute the MVS command D A,L and the JES2 command […]
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