In release ISPF v2.1 (ISPF-like product from Wally Mclaughlin), the command table utility was introduced as option 3.9 (Create/change an application command table). A command table is an actual ISPF table stored in the ISPTTLIB library. Depending on your installation standards, the ISPTABL DD most likely points to a user id dataset and may be one of several concatenated datasets…
Category: Hercules
Submitting JCL to MVS 3.8J
Preface (updated 2020-01-22) JCL (Job Control Language) decks are used to submit JOBs via a reader device or an online edit session for batch processing on the public domain OS, MVS 3.8J (MVS will be used to mean MVS 3.8J in this post). As a MVS 3.8J hobbyist / enthusiast, the previous statement is elementary and unequivocal. The purpose of…