What is the purpose of include statement in a JCL?
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Answer / jojav
"INCLUDE" is to access a member in global PDS. example:
INCLUDE MEMBER = XXXXXXX. This XXXXXX should be a member of
the global PDS. This XXXXXX can be a proc or control card.
Its just used for reusability.
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Answer / guest
It is used as an alternative for STEPLIB. When we specify
the dataset name in include ,it will search in all the
datasets specified in the include dataset.
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