PARM parameter

Parameter type

Keyword, optional

Purpose

Use the PARM parameter to pass variable information to the processing program executed by this job step. To use the information, the processing program must contain instructions to retrieve the information.

The PARM keyword is mutually exclusive with the PARMDD keyword.

References

For more information on the format of the passed information and its retrieval, see Program in primary ASC mode in z/OS® MVS Programming: Assembler Services Guide.