Books on JCL JCL Manuals Books on REXX REXX Manuals Tutorial: Executing REXX through JCL. How to run REXX with JCL   This is the simplest form: no files are allocated for EXECIO. All REXX features are available. All REXX functions are available, including EXECIO. All TSO commands are available, for example: DELETE, LISTCAT, HRECALL, HDELETE. ISPF features are not available, for example VGET, File Tailoring. //* job statement //TSOBATCH EXEC PGM=IKJEFT1A,DYNAMNBR=200 //SYSEXEC DD DSN=userid.REXX.EXEC,DISP=SHR //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD * PROFILE PREFIX(userid) /* please use this,*/ /* specifying your userid*/ %MYREXX     Same as the previous, but two files are allocated for EXECIO The program uses EXECIO. It reads the file defined by //INFILE it writes to the file defined by //OUTFILE Do not use an ALLOC command for these files in the REXX program! //* job statement for invoking rexx by jcl //* good example of TSO in Batch //* how to run a rexx program with job control language //TSOBATCH EXEC PGM=IKJEFT1A,DYNAMNBR=200 //SYSEXEC DD DSN=userid.REXX.EXEC,DISP=SHR REXX program library //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //INFILE DD DSN=userid.MY.INPUT,DISP=SHR //OUTFILE DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD * PROFILE PREFIX(userid) /* please use this,*/ /* specifying your userid*/ %MYREXX   Top of Page

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