Example: Running a z/OS UNIX executable file or REXX exec in batch

You can also use BPXBATCH to run a z/OS UNIX executable file or REXX exec through MVS™ batch and redirect the output and error messages to z/OS UNIX files or MVS data sets.

Example: User JAYMC runs an executable file in batch, as follows:

The program name to be run is /u/jaymc/bin/xparse1.
STDOUT is to be written to the file /u/jaymc/bin/mystd.out.
STDERR is to be written to the file /u/jaymc/bin/mystd.err.
STDIN defaults to /dev/null.

//jobname  JOB  ... 
//stepname EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,REGION=100M,
//              PARM='PGM /u/jaymc/bin/xparse1'
//STEPLIB  DD   DSN=ISFSHR.JAYMC.ISFLOAD,DISP=SHR 
//STDOUT   DD   PATH='/u/jaymc/bin/mystd.out',PATHOPTS=(OWRONLY,OCREAT),
//              PATHMODE=SIRWXU 
//STDERR   DD   PATH='/u/jaymc/bin/mystd.err',PATHOPTS=(OWRONLY,OCREAT),
//              PATHMODE=SIRWXU

Example: This example is very similar to the previous one, except that STDOUT and STDERR are directed to members of an existing PDSE. If you wish to use two members of the same partitioned data set for STDOUT and STDERR output, then you must use a PDSE (not a PDS).

The program name to be run is /u/jaymc/bin/xparse1.
STDOUT is to be written to the PDSE member JAYMC.MYSTDLIB(XP1OUT).
STDERR is to be written to the PDSE member JAYMC.MYSTDLIB(XP1ERR).
STDIN defaults to /dev/null.

//jobname  JOB  ... 
//stepname EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,REGION=100M,
//              PARM='PGM /u/jaymc/bin/xparse1'
//STEPLIB  DD   DSN=ISFSHR.JAYMC.ISFLOAD,DISP=SHR 
//STDOUT   DD   DSN=JAYMC.MYSTDLIB(XP1OUT),DISP=MOD 
//STDERR   DD   DSN=JAYMC.MYSTDLIB(XP1ERR),DISP=MOD