What are the keywords associated with DCB? How can you specify DCB information? What is the OS precedence for obtaining that DCB information, ie. where does the system look for it first?
The keywords associated with the DCB parameter are LRECL, RECFM, BLKSIZE and DSORG. The DCB information can be supplied in the DD statement. The sysem looks for DCB information in the program code first.
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What could be the disposition parameter that i would have to use in the jcl if i have a file that has to be created newly for every successful run of the program ,but at the same time it should retain the old data if my program abend in the middle and restarts. could you please provide me the code?
What is the importance of ADDRSPC parameter in EXEC statement and how is it different from REGION parameter of EXEC statement?
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