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Consider a job which has following steps.

//Step1 Exec pgm1=ABC
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//Step2 --------------REXX program
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//Step3 Exec pgm2=DEF

My requirement is to run Step3 if the Return code of Step2 REXX program is equal to 0.

Currently whatever may be the result of Step 2 Step 3 is getting executed. Please let me know if there is any method to pass the returncode from REXX program to jcl and then running the Step 3.

Thanks,
Chinkump

Very simple.


End FOO with an exit someval statement, someval being the return code, either a literal or a value (remember that it must be a decimal number in the range 0-4095).

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chinkump (Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:57 am)

Hello,

You do not "pass" a value. When a step ends, a Return Code may be set and checked in subsequent steps.

Suggest you read about COND= in the JCL Reference Manual (link to IBM Manuals at the top of the page).