What is the improvement to COND= in the latest version of MVS?

MVS now allows for an IF bracketed by an END IF around any job step to replace the COND= syntax. Again, if the IF statement is true, the step is bypassed.

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Anuja Tiwari

Apr 4th, 2006

If you use 'IF and END IF', step will get executed when IF is satisfied. In case of COND parameter, step is bypassed when

Anil Kumar Guggilam

May 27th, 2006

could you please give me the syntax... thanks

Guest

Jan 22nd, 2007

if it's true you fall thru (IBM wonked this up):
//*--------------------------------------------------------------------
//*     TERMINATE IF BAD CC FROM STEP10
//*--------------------------------------------------------------------
//*
//STEP11 EXEC PGM=A,
//             COND=(0,EQ,PS010),
//             REGION=64K,
//             PARM=('ABEND: NON-ZERO CC STEP10 - VERIFY FILES')
//*
//SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*
//*
But new MVS says do the step IF true (IBM un-wonked their error):
// IF STEP10.RC NE 0
// THEN
//STEP20    EXEC PGM=AAB,
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSCOUNT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSDBOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSUDUMP DD DUMMY
//SYSABEND DD DUMMY
//SYSABOUT DD DUMMY
// ENDIF