Eliminating repetitive coding
To include stored source statements in a program, use
the COPY statement in any program division and at
any code sequence level. You can nest COPY statements
to any depth.
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To specify more than one copy library,
use either multiple system definitions or a combination of multiple
definitions and the IN/OF phrase
(IN/OF library-name):
- MVS batch
- Use JCL to concatenate data sets in your
SYSLIB DDstatement. Alternatively, define multipleDDstatements and use theIN/OFphrase of theCOPYstatement. - TSO
- Use the
ALLOCATEcommand to concatenate data sets forSYSLIB. Alternatively, issue multipleALLOCATEstatements and use theIN/OFphrase of theCOPYstatement. - z/OS® UNIX
- Use the SYSLIB environment variable to define multiple paths to
your copybooks. Alternatively, use multiple environment variables
and use the
IN/OFphrase of theCOPYstatement.
For example:
COPY MEMBER1 OF COPYLIB
If you omit this qualifying phrase, the default is SYSLIB.
COPY and debugging line: In
order for the text copied to be treated as debug lines, for example,
as if there were a D inserted in column 7, put the D on
the first line of the COPY statement. A COPY statement
cannot itself be a debugging line; if it contains a D,
and WITH DEBUGGING mode is not specified, the COPY statement
is nevertheless processed.