JCL to create new members in a PDS using IEBUPDTE

 

 
 
 
 
 
JCL to create new members in a PDS
 
 
IBM provides a utility to create members in a PDS using JCL. The utility is IEBUPDTE and here
is an example JCL to do the needful.
 
 
//IEBUPDTE EXEC PGM=IEBUPDTE,PARM=NEW                                 
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                                                
//SYSUT2   DD DISP=(NEW,CATLG),DSN=USERID.NEW.PDS,            
//         SPACE=(CYL,(5,5,5),RLSE),                                  
//         RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=0                                
//SYSIN    DD *                                                       
./ ADD NAME=MEMBER1                                                   
TEXT IN MEMBER ONE WILL COME HERE                                     
THE INDICATOR ./ WILL ACT AS TERMINATING CHAR FOR THIS MEMBER         
./ ADD NAME=MEMBER2                                                   
TEXT IN MEMBER TWO WILL COME HERE                                     
INDICATOR // WILL ACT AS TERMINATING CHAR FOR THIS MEMBER AND THIS JCL
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