Describe the JOB statement, its meaning, syntax and
significant keywords?



Describe the JOB statement, its meaning, syntax and significant keywords?..

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The JOB statement is the first in a JCL stream. Its format
is // jobname, keyword JOB, accounting information in
brackets and keywords, MSGCLASS, MSGLEVEL, NOTIFIY, CLASS, etc.

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