Job Control Statements

Table 1 shows the job control statements for IEBDG.

Both input and output data sets can contain fixed, variable, or undefined records.

Table 1. Job control statements for IEBDG
Statement	Use
JOB	Starts the job.
EXEC	Specifies the program name (PGM=IEBDG) or, if the job control statements reside in a procedure library, the procedure name.
SYSPRINT DD	Defines a sequential data set for messages. The data set can be written on a system output device, a tape volume, or a DASD volume.
anyname1 DD	Defines an optional input data set or member of a data set. Any number of these statements (each having a ddname different from all other ddnames in the job step) can be included in the job step.
anyname2 DD	Defines an output data set or member of a data set. Any number of these DD statements can be included per job step; however, only one statement is applicable per set of utility control statements.
SYSIN DD	Defines the control data set, which contains the utility control statements and, optionally, input records. The data set normally resides in the input stream; however, it can be defined as a sequential data set or as a member of a partitioned data set or PDSE.