z/OS CICS execution commands
To properly enter the z/OS CICS execution commands, you must observe the command syntax as well as the following general rules:
- Each command must begin with a hyphen (-) or a forward slash (/).
- At least one space between commands is required (for example: -A -V).
- Do not put spaces within commands, except for -I, -O and -V, which require a space before the source or target name.
- Execution commands are not case sensitive.
Only the execution commands listed in the following table are supported under z/OS CICS. The majority of these commands are described in the Execution Commands documentation. If there is a difference in how the command is used for z/OS CICS, the exception is noted in the Syntax column. Commands only used by z/OS CICS are marked "Unique to z/OS CICS" in the Syntax column. z/OS CICS-specific commands are not listed in the Execution Commands documentation, so are described in this section. The Syntax displayed is for z/OS CICS usage.
- Command
- Syntax
- Audit (-A)
- -A [D[R|W]][E[R|W]][B[R|W]][C[R|W]][P[R|W]][[M][S]]
[@storage_codeName] - SlidingCentury
- -D [ccyy|0]
Exception: None.
- Fail on Warnings
- -F[!][warning_code[:warning_code...]]
Exception: None.
- Ignore Validation Options
- -G[R][S][P]
Exception: None.
- Input Dataset Override (-I)
- -I[F]card_num[W|!W][B] [[@storage_code]
[:{W|P[delimiter_list]}]] [name]
Unique to z/OS CICS.
- Input Echo Override
- -IEcard_num[Ssize]
Exception: For z/OS CICS, this command cannot be used to designate the source (source) or change the specification for using workfiles (W|!W).
- Execution Log (-L)
- -L[@storage_codeName]
Unique to z/OS CICS.
- Output Dataset Override (-O)
- -O[F]card_num[+|!+][B][[@storage_code]
[#record_length][:{W|P[delimiter_list]}]] [name]
Unique to z/OS CICS.
- Output Echo Override
- -OEcard_num[S]
Exception: For z/OS CICS, the X option is not available to exclude this card from echo.
- WorkSpace Paging
- -Psize:count
Exception: None.
- Enqueuing on Data Files (-Q)
- -Q
Unique to z/OS CICS.
- -T[I|ICcard_num|Ifrom[:to]][O|OCcard_num][S]
[@storage_codeName]
Unique to z/OS CICS.
- Stop Validation
- -V
Exception: None.
- Workfiles in Memory (-WM)
- -WM
Exception: None.
- Ignore Warnings
- -Z[!][warning_code[:warning_code...]]
Exception: None.
- Problem Resolution (-$)
- -$
Unique to z/OS CICS.
- Print Uppercase (-+)
- -+
Unique to z/OS CICS.
- Eliminate AICA (ICVR Timeout) Abends (-!n)
- -!n
Unique to z/OS CICS.
The following commands are unique to z/OS CICS.