Comment in 1st line of JCL

alok_r_ray · New User Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Kolkata

What will happen if i will code a comment in the 1st line of the JCL and the job statement in the 2nd line???

Suppose this JCL runs program PGM001.

//RUNJCL JOB 'IBMMFS','MAC',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=X,NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=PGM001
//STEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=IBMMFS.MACC.LOAD
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
70
/*

SO, what will happen if i will code it like follows

//* This JCL runs program PGM001.
//RUNJCL JOB 'IBMMFS','MAC',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=X,NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=PGM001
//STEPLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=IBMMFS.MACC.LOAD
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
70
/*

ofer71 · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:37 am

You'll get a prompt to enter jobname (message IKJ56700A).

O.

senthils · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:02 pm

First you will be get the following prompt

IKJ56700A ENTER JOBNAME CHARACTER(S) -

After you enter some character, two jobs will be submitted. One will be your job after the comment line and the second job will abend because it will have only job card with out any step.