what is batch debug in as400?

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what is batch debug in as400?..

Answer / naresh

Batch debug means debugging the program by putting job in
service by using STRSRVJOB command after that we debug the
program as usual.Once debug is done we need to end the
service job using ENDSRVJOB command.

please correct me if i made any wrong statement.

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what is batch debug in as400?..

Answer / shishir

batch job means running job in background to save the time.so user are not able to make the interaction with batch job.suppose there in and issue occured or error occured in job of batch .now you have to find the error but how as that job is running in batch and we are not able to make intercation with that job in batch so what we do . we remotly access that batch job through strsrvjob command .when we remotly access that job than it will convert into interactive job .after making it interactive job we can debug that job and find the error.
i short we have to make batch job to interactive job for solving the error or to debug the program.

please correct me if i m wrong .

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what is batch debug in as400?..

Answer / sandy

Using your interactive screen to debug a batch job submitted to the job queue allows you to put the batch job into debug mode and to set breakpoints without having to change the program to run interactively.

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