Passing parameters to EQANMDBG by using only the PARM string

The easiest way to pass parameters to EQANMDBG is to modify the PARM string to contain the name of the program to be debugged, optionally followed by any of the z/OS® Debugger run-time options and the parameters required by your program.

The syntax for this string is:

Syntax diagram for the EQANMDBG parm string

The following table compares how a sample JCL statement might look like after you modify the PARM string:

Original sample JCL Modified sample JCL
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=MYPROG,PARM='ABC,X(12)'
 ...
//
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=EQANMDBG,
// PARM='MYPROG,NATLANG(UEN)/ABC,X(12)'
 ...
//