How to catalog a JCL member into a PDS?

Products

• FAQS - Automated Systems Operation

Issue/Introduction

This utility is useful when JCL is stored in ICCF or Vollie and the user wants to move a copy of it to a PDS for testing. It eliminates the need to copy and paste the JCL.

 

Environment

Release: 5.1
Component: FAQS-Automated Systems Operation

Resolution

The JCLMAINT utility is used to catalog JCL in to a PDS member. 

Example:

This JCL will catalog a sort job into A PDS called STG.

* $$ JOB JNM=JCLMAINT,CLASS=0,DISP=D 
* $$ LST CLASS=V,DISP=D                
// JOB JCLMAINT                        
// LIBDEF *,SEARCH=CAI6.FAQS50         
// EXEC PROC=JCLMAINT                  
./ ADD STG:SORTJCL.JCL                  
* DD JOB JNM=SORTJCL,CLASS=0,DISP=K               
* DD LST CLASS=A,DISP=D                
// JOB DIRLIST                                 
// DLBL SORTIN1,'SORT.FILE'            
// DLBL SORTOUT,'SORTOUT.FILE'            
// DLBL SORTWK1,'SORT.WORK.SPACE',,,BLKSZ=OPT  
// EXEC SORT,SIZE=256K                          
  SORT FIELDS=(1,4,CH,A),WORK=1                  
  OPTION STORAGE=64K                             
  RECORD TYPE=F,LENGTH=14000                     
  END                                         
/*        
/&        
 DD EOJ 
./ END            
/*                
/&                
* $$ EOJ JCLMAINT