Can we have a JOBSTEP without any EXEC ?
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Answer / prachi
No... you need to have the EXEC for each JOB step.
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Answer / vinay sonar
No,the job will get abend and you will get JCL ERROR
as 'JOB HAS NO STEPS'
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Answer / saravanan
"why? I need the explanation in this. Can any one give why
the Jos is giving the JCL error. 'JOB HAS NO STEPS'
--because u would have missed
//* --Prior to the exec steps like
EXEC <Proclib>
Or u would have missed the keyword EXEC itself. Please
check.
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Answer / srikanth
why? I need the explanation in this. Can any one give why
the Jos is giving the JCL error. 'JOB HAS NO STEPS'
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