SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=Z

vijayakumar subramani · New User Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 13 Location: Chennai

SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=Z

SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*

Could you please explain what is the diffrence these two?

Robert Sample · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:34 pm

SYSOUT=Z writes to output class Z, which is defined at your site for a particular purpose.

SYSOUT=* writes to the default output class, defined by MSGCLASS= on the JOB statement or, if not there, by the JES initialization parameters for your site.

Terry Heinze · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:22 am

... All of which is explained in detail in the MVS JCL Reference Manual.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:16 pm

Hi,

A '*' for SYSOUT class indicates that the class given by the MSGCLASS= parameter on the job statement is to be used for this SYSOUT DD statement. And different classes could mean different handling - at the shop I am now, one class is routed to Printer.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:17 pm

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vijayakumar subramani · New User Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 13 Location: Chennai

Thanks for the information

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:01 pm

You are welcome, hoepfully we had been helpful..

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