Guidelines for defining STDPARM

The contents of the STDPARM file must follow the same format as the BPXBATCH parameter string.

The following guidelines apply when you specify a z/OS UNIX or an MVS™ data set for STDPARM:

A z/OS UNIX file must be a text file that the user has read access to. An MVS data set must be a sequential data set, a PDS member, a PDSE member, or a JCL in-stream data set.
The record format can be fixed or variable (unspanned).
For in-stream data sets: with the SH option, trailing blanks are not truncated. Records in in-stream data sets are concatenated with blanks as separator characters, and the string remaining after the SH token is passed as a single argument to a /bin/sh -c command. For the PGM option, the string is divided not only at line boundaries but also at horizontal white space within a line.
The file or data set should not have sequence numbers in it.
Tip: If you use the ISPF editor to create the file, set the sequence numbers off by typing NUMBER OFF on the command line before you begin typing the data. If sequence numbers already exist, type UNNUM to remove them and then type NUMBER OFF.