Link step options

Use the Link Step Options to specify link settings, including link options and JCL-related options and properties.

Fields

Link options: Specify any options that must be passed to the linkage editor. This field is limited to 100 characters.

Link libraries: The names of the libraries to link your code with. Separate multiple libraries with spaces.

Specify the position of the link libraries: Select this checkbox to leave a place holder for the libraries that might already be listed in your procedure.

How many existing link library data sets precede this entry? Specify how many libraries you want in your expanded JCL before the link libraries specified in the Link libraries field.

Use specified link instructions: Select this checkbox to pass link instructions to the linkage editor. Selecting this check box activates the text-entry pane, where you can enter the link instructions.

Note: If the link instructions are being used and the specified instructions already include the required system object (i.e. - INCLUDE OBJ0000), the JCL generator will not generate the required system INCLUDE instruction prior to the link instructions you specified. You need to include the proper objects in the order you want.

Load module location: The data set where your load module must be placed after the link step.

Additional JCL: Specify any additional JCL. You might use this field to override any default values defined in the step by your system administrator.

Note: For fields that take partitioned data sets as their values, you can drag a partitioned data set name from the Remote Systems view, z/OS Projects view, or Remote z/OS Search results view and drop it in the field. To change the order of partitioned data set names in a field, place the cursor in the field and click Change Order from the menu.