Utility Control Statements

Table 1 shows the utility control statements used to control IEBUPDTE.

Table 1. IEBUPDTE utility control statements
Statement	Use
Function	Begins an IEBUPDTE operation (ADD, CHANGE, REPL, REPRO).
Detail	Used with the function statement for special applications.
Data	A logical record of data to be used as a new or replacement record in the output data set.
LABEL	Indicates that the data statements are to be treated as user labels.
ALIAS	Assigns aliases.
ENDUP	Stops IEBUPDTE.

Requirement: Unlike other utility control statements, all IEBUPDTE utility control statements (not including data statements) must begin with a "./" (period, slash) in columns 1 and 2.

Continuation requirements for utility control statements are described in Continuing utility control statements.