BPXBATA2 and BPXBATA8 are provided as APF-authorized alternatives to BPXBATSL. BPXBATA2 and BPXBATA8 provide the capability for a target APF-authorized z/OS® UNIX program to run in the same address space as the originating job, allowing it to share the same resources, such as allocations and the job log. See the BPXBATCH utility in z/OS UNIX System Services Command Reference for details and restrictions on using these interfaces.