Invoking the binder under TSO

You can invoke the binder under TSO (Time Sharing Option) with the LINK and LOADGO commands. You may also be able to run it from an ISPF foreground panel, and if you want to do all of the allocations yourself, you can use CALL.

The LINK command creates a program module and saves it in either a partitioned data set or PDSE program library.

When using the LINK command to process binder control statements, you must allocate any referenced ddnames before the LINK command is invoked. The binder gives you the capability of including modules and control statements from the automatic call library (SYSLIB) or including program modules from the module output library (SYSLMOD). If you specify SYSLIB or SYSLMOD on an INCLUDE statement but have not allocated data sets to those ddnames, the binder will attempt to process the INCLUDE statement using the data sets indicated on the LIB or LOAD parameters, respectively.

The LOADGO command creates and executes a program module. The module is not saved in a program library. The LOADGO command invokes a prompter that allows you to define any necessary data sets to the system; you can use LOADGO operands to specify the loading options the job requires.

To use the TSO CALL command, you first need to use ALLOCATE to set up file names corresponding to the JCL DD statements described earlier in this topic. Then, use the following command to invoke the binder:

CALL *(IEWL) 'options'

See z/OS TSO/E Command Reference for the procedures for using these commands.