Control Statements
Control Statements
Summary
IEBCOPY process the tasks using job and utility control statements. Those are -
- Job Control Statements
- Utility Control Statements
Job Control Statements
| Statement | Usage |
|---|---|
| SYSPRINT DD | Defines a sequential dataset or spool for listing control statements and messages. |
| SYSUT1 or anyname1 DD | Specifies the input PDS or unload dataset. The data set can be basic, large, extended, or compressed. |
| SYSUT2 or anyname2 DD | Specifies PDS or unload dataset for output. |
| SYSUT3 DD | Specifies temporary dataset. SYSUT3 is used when there is no space in virtual storage for input datasets. |
| SYSUT4 DD | Specifies temporary dataset. SYSUT4 is used when there is no space in virtual storage for output datasets. |
| SYSIN DD | Defines the optional control dataset. |
Utility Control Statements
IEBCOPY utility control statements are used to control the utility processing and those are -
Note! A copy operation starts with a COPY, COPYGRP, COPYGROUP, COPYMOD, or ALTERMOD statement. It continues until another COPY, COPYGRP, COPYGROUP, COPYMOD, or ALTERMOD statement is found or the end of the control dataset is found.