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Building a STEPLIB environment: The STEPLIB environment variable z/OS UNIX System Services User's Guide SA23-2279-00 |
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Traditionally, some MVS™ users have preferred to alter the search order for MVS executable files when they are running a new or test version of an application program, such as a runtime library. To do this, they code a STEPLIB DD statement on the JCL used to run the application. Accessed ahead of LINKLIB or LPALIB, a STEPLIB is a set of private libraries where the new or test version of the application is stored. The STEPLIB environment variable provides the ability to use a STEPLIB when running a z/OS UNIX executable file. This variable is used to determine how to set up the STEPLIB environment for an executable file. You can set the variable in one of three ways:
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