Syntax and construction

Batch loader control statements follow the same syntax rules as TSO commands.

Begin each statement on a new line. A control statement is the statement name followed by keyword parameters with the value of the parameter in parentheses, like this:

controlstatementname keyword(value) keyword(value) ...

Some keywords can have more than one value, for example IADAYS(1,2,3,4). Blanks separate the control statement name and the keywords. For example:

ADSTART ADID(APPLNAME) DESCR('Application Description')

Control statements must not exceed column 72 and can continue over two or more lines. Continuation characters are not required. Any information in columns 73 through 80 is ignored. Any parameter that begins before column 72, and ends after this column, is ignored with no error message or non-zero return code being issued.

You can abbreviate keywords down to their shortest unambiguous form in the current statement. Control statement names cannot be abbreviated.

The statements can include comments in the form

/* comment */

Keyword values containing delimiters, like blanks, should be written with single quotation marks. See TSO Extensions Command Language Reference for details of the syntax rules.