Overriding JCL which calls a cataloged procedure

pingte · Active User Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 120 Location: india

i have a JCL which calls a cataloged procedure (A).
The JCL has a JOBLIB specified.

In Step1 of the cataloged proc (A), there is a STEPLIB.
Step 1 executes program B.

If B is not found in STEPLIB of Step1 of A, will the JCL search for the pgm B in the JOBLIB of the JCL or, will it abend?

rz061m · New User Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 48 Location: Chennai

Hi,

If you specify STEPLIb, then the program will ignore the JOBLIB. And if the program is not found in STEPLIB, the program will abend.

Thanks,
Karthik. P

pcoreddy · New User Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 24 Location: Mysore

it will abend

expat · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:13 pm

I thought that the STEPLIB would override the JOBLIB, but in the case of the module not found in STEPLIB then JOBLIB would be searched.

OK, so I'm not a programmer, so how about asking pingte to perform a test and let us all know the definitive answer. After all, it is his question.

agkshirsagar · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 2:00 pm

It will abend with s806, it will not search in JOBLIB when STEPLIB is specified.

rameshfoa · New User Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 27 Location: chennai

yes..the program will abend with s806...if the module not found in all the concatenated libraries in steplib

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:38 pm

In addition - the fact that you are using a PROC is irrelevant.