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/PARM Statement
The /PARM statement supplies parameters for the program (pgmname). These parameters
and their format are program dependent.
There may be only one /PARM statement per job. If supplied, it must immediately follow
the /JOB statement.
parms
the parameters to be passed.
Note: Mixed case parameters will not be forced to uppercase.
/COMM Statement
A /COMM statement is a comment statement. It may be used only before or after /FILE
statements.
Note: After a ‘‘/FILE ddname *’’ statement, a /COMM statement is interpreted as data.
comments
comments of any format.
/FILE Statement
The /FILE statement describes a file to be used by the job. The parameters are identical to
the FILE command, described in the HSC Operator’s Guide.
There may be zero or more /FILE statements.
Note: A ‘‘/FILE ddname *’’ statement defines a file of user-data card-image records that
begins with the next record and continues until end-of-file. This type of /FILE statement
must be the last JCL statement in the job file.
fileopts
FILE command parameters.
/PARM parms
/COMM comments
/FILE fileopts