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MVS now allows for an IF bracketed by an END IF around any
job step to replace the COND= syntax. Again, if the IF
statement is true, the step is bypassed.

Is condition checking possible in jcl?

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when can a job time-out occur? How to overcome that?

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What is the function of the dd dcb keyword?

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what sort card you will use to copy the data from one dataset to another dataset?

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I have a cobol db2 program(PGM A) where other program (PGM B) will call this program and passes some 50 fields data to PGM A. PGM A has some layout in which it receives the data from PGM B. And this layout has been copied in the linkage section pf PGM A. After getting the data, PGM A writes the data in a flat file in the same layout which it receives from PGM B. PGM B is a simple COBOL pgm. Please provide a JCL to run these programs.

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When output dataset space is required, what quantity categories are used?

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What parameter of the job statement is used to limit the cpu time consumed by the job?

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How dummy is used in jcl?

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What dd statement is used to supply the name of a dataset?

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We can use PASS with permanent datasets also. THEN Which is the condition in which we may use PASS (instead of KEEP) with permanent data sets, while there is no need to specify UNIT and VOL for them like temporary data sets (in cas we use KEEP for permanent data sets) ?

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What is the significance of addrspc parameter in the exec statement?

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What do we mean by 'Virtual storage' for a dataset and for a JOBSTEP ? What is the significance of the following statement for a programmer 'Virtual storage results in program addresses being independent of the addresses that actually exist in a computer' ?

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Is it possible to define dd statements as you want?

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How can an in-stream dataset be terminated?

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What is the difference between run mode and addressing mode?

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