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Sathya.S
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hi ,
Can any body please explain me the usage of PARM in EXEC step in JCL? |
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agkshirsagar
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PARM is used to pass values to the program from JCL.
Passed parameters are received in the program in Linkage section.
Maximum of 100 charactars canbe passed through PARM.
For more information on PARM, refer 'jcl manual'. Manuals can be accessed by link provided at the top of the page. |
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kgumraj
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Hi,
To add to agkshirsagar, Parm is also used to pass compiler options. |
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ofer71
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Here's a little secret: A compiler is actually a program...The "compiler options" are actually parameters passed to a program 
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Phrzby Phil
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In some languages, PL/I being one, one can pass PL/I runtime parameters on the program's EXEC line, as well as parms passed to the program. They are separated in the PARM value by, I think, a slash (/).
Note that this differs from compiler options, which has been correctly noted above are also just exec-time parms passed to the compiler, and therefore not a special case of the PARM. |
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Sathya.S
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| agkshirsagar wrote: |
PARM is used to pass values to the program from JCL.
Passed parameters are received in the program in Linkage section.
Maximum of 100 charactars canbe passed through PARM.
For more information on PARM, refer 'jcl manual'. Manuals can be accessed by link provided at the top of the page. |
thank you. |
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