Abstract for MVS Program Management User's Guide and Reference

This information is intended to help you learn about and use the end user interfaces provided by the program management component of z/OS®.

Purpose of this information:

This information is intended to help you learn about and use the end user interfaces provided by the program management component of z/OS. Program management helps you create and execute programs on z/OS. IBM® recommends that you use the program management binder to perform these functions. The linkage editor and the batch loader are older components of program management that, while still supported by IBM, are no longer under development.

Who should read this information:

To use this information effectively in an MVS™ batch environment, you should be familiar with MVS™ job control language.