EXEC

The EXEC command processes a member in either the rhilev.RKANPAR or the rhilev.TKANPAR library that contains a predefined set of commands.

You enter this command by using MODIFY or as a command in an EXEC member to process another predefined set of commands.

Format

EXEC member_name

Examples

The following examples assume that the internal modify ID is M0IMSA.

Assume that member_a contains the following commands.

START SESSION,UNIT=53E,...
EXEC member_b
START DEXAN

Assume that member_b contains the following commands

LOG *** OM/IMS VTAM interface START - APPLID=CTDOI ***
START cccccccc,APPLID=cccccccc,UMAX=05

where cccccccc is the logon applid for OMEGAMON® for IMS to VTAM® that you specified by using PARMGEN.

When you enter F MOIMSA,EXEC member_a at the console, the effect is the same as if you entered the following commands at the console:

F M0IMSA,START SESSION,UNIT=53E,...
F M0IMSA,LOG *** OM/IMS VTAM interface START - APPLID=cccccccc
F M0IMSA,START cccccccc,APPLID=cccccccc,UMAX=05
F M0IMSA,START DEXAN

Limitations

You cannot nest EXEC commands more than 10 deep at any one command invocation. This prevents EXEC loops, where A EXECs B and B EXECs A.

EXEC members procedure

You can think of these members as a JCL procedure or as a TSO CLIST.

The EXEC member can contain any interface command, including another EXEC command.

When an EXEC member runs another EXEC command, the called EXEC command runs inline as if its statements replace the EXEC statement. The called EXEC command is treated like an INCLUDE statement in other programming languages.