Does anyone know something about MVS and JCL? Is it possible to explain to me what MVS is? And what JCL is used for?

I have the following code to send a file through FTP using JCL: //FTP00001 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=50 //OUT DD SYSOUT=* //AMSDUMP DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD DUMMY //SYSP...

I have the following code to connect to an external DB inside a COBOL program: MOVE 'I2SFG04' TO WK-USER MOVE '12345' TO WK-PASS EXEC SQL CONNECT TO :WK-EXT-MACHINE USER :WK-USER USING :WK-...

Is it possible to abend your job intentionally through COBOL program. suppose I have an Input file having Header,Detail and Trailer records. I will write a COBOL pgm which reads this file.If no Det...

In the past I have used BPXBATCH to execute java class files from JCL. I would like to move to using the custom JVM launcher as IBM recommends in the link below. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/s...

I have encountered these terms in a data file definition document for some data that I'm getting from a Mainframe system. I failed to find definitions of these terms in any glossary or Google sear...

I'm trying to create and delete a dataset with a JCL symbol in the dataset name this way: // SET DATE=20110809 //* DELETE DATASET //DEL01 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * DELET...

For those that are experts in lexing and parsing... I am attempting to write a series of programs in perl that would parse out IBM mainframe z/OS JCL for a variety of purposes, but am hitting a roa...

While coding a JCL, we give SYSOUT and SYSPRINT DDs. Which type of output goes to SYSOUT and what else to SYSPRINT?

I've been coding and managing Java & ASP.Net applications & servers for my entire career. Now I'm being directed towards involvement in mainframes, ie z/OS & JCL, and I'm finding ...