Command Output Redirection

Normally command output is printed on the //SYSTSPRT DDNAME. However, the output of commands may be redirected to other DDNAMEs. This is achieved via a redirection symbol. The default is the > symbol, for example:

PIPE NETVIEW LIST STATUS=OPS | CONSOLE ONLY >MYOUTPUT

This allows subsequent steps in the batch job or other batch jobs to use the output of the command for their own purpose.

You can change the redirection symbol with the REDIRECT parameter of AOFRYCMD if, for example, you use > as a command prefix. Note that the redirection symbol must not be the same as any of the characters that occur in the command. For more details, see AOFRYCMD Description.

The DCB characteristics of the output DDNAME should be as follows:

LRECL=132,RECFM=FB