Use in testing

One use for the output limit is during program testing. You can cancel a program that is in an endless loop containing instructions that send records to a sysout data set.

Examples: The following examples illustrate the use of the JCL JOB statement, in either an APPC or non-APPC scheduling environment, to warn the operator when the output for a job has exceeded a limit in any JES system:

//JOB1  JOB  ACCT01,'D. PIKE',BYTES=(50,CANCEL)

//JOB2  JOB  1542,RWALLIN,CARDS=(120,CANCEL)

//JOB3  JOB  ,ZOBES,LINES=(200,CANCEL)

//JOB4  JOB  ACCT27,'S M SHAY',PAGES=(,CANCEL)

The following examples illustrate the use of the JES3 //*MAIN statement in a non-APPC scheduling environment to warn the operator when output for a job has exceeded a limit.

//*MAIN  BYTES=(50,CANCEL)
//*MAIN  CARDS=(120,CANCEL)
//*MAIN  LINES=(200,CANCEL)
//*MAIN  PAGES=(,CANCEL)