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Hi ,
Question asked in interview
Q1.)if a job abends with space abend how would you find out which file in the program out of 5 files abended with less apace?
Q2.)in SOC7 how would you make out which record in the file is having bad data?

For interview questions, you are supposed to post both the question and your answer.

My answers were as follows
Ans1, I would increase the space parameter for every file.
Ans2, I didn't know the answer

1. The error message gives you the DD name of the file with the problem. You can then look in the JCL to determine which file is assigned to that DD name.
2. The dump produced will include information about which record the file last read.