Specifying options for stand-alone utilities by using the JCL EXEC PARM parameter

Use the EXEC PARM parameter to specify function options for the following stand-alone utilities: DSN1COMP, DSN1COPY, and DSN1PRNT.

To specify options for stand-alone utilities by using the JCL EXEC PARM parameter:

• Ensure that the parameters that you specify obey the following JCL EXEC PARM parameter specification rules:
  • Enclose multiple subparameters in single quotation marks or parentheses and separate the subparameters with commas, as in the following example:

    //name   EXEC PARM='ABC,...,XYZ'

  • Ensure that the total length of the parameter specification does not exceed 100 characters.
  • Do not use blanks within the parameter specification.
• To specify the parameter across multiple lines:
  1. Enclose it in parentheses.
  2. End the first line with a subparameter, followed by a comma.
  3. Continue the subparameters on the next line, beginning before column 17.
  The following example shows a parameter that spans multiple lines:

  //stepname  EXEC PARM=(ABC,...LMN,
             OPQ,...,XYZ)