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File No. 5360-36
Order No. GC28-6704-2 OS




Systems Reference Library




IBM System/360 Operating System:
Job Control Language Reference
OS Release 21


The job control language is used with all
System/360 Operating System control programs.
Every job submitted for execution by the
operating system must include job control
language statements. These statements contain
information required by the operating system to
initiate and control the processing of jobs.

This publication describes the facilities
provided with the job control language and
contains the information necessary to code job
control language statements.
Third.EditiO~ (MarCh,. 1972)

I This 1S a maJor reV1S10n of, and obsoletes, GC28-670A-1.
Changes or additions to the text and illustrations are
indicated by a vertical line to the left of the change.


This edition applies to release 21, of IBM System/360
Operating System, and to all subsequent releases until
otherwise indicated in new editions or Technical Newsletters.
Changes are continually made to the information herein;
before using this publication in connection with the
operation of IBM Systems, consult the latest IBM System/360
and System/370 SRL Newsletter, Order No. GN20-0360, for the
editions that are applicable and current.


This publication contains all of the information necessary
to code job control language statements. It is the result
of combining two earlier JCL volumes, the IBM System/360
o eratin S stem: Job Control Lan ua e User's GU1de,
GC28-6 03, and the IBM System 360 Operat1ng System: Job
Control Language Reference, GC28-6704.


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