Murach's OS/390 and z/OS JCL - Softcover

Menendez, Raul; Lowe, Doug

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1890774146 ISBN 13: 9781890774141

Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates, 2002

Synopsis

Demystifying JCL, this book illustrates both major points and subtle aspects with concrete coding examples. It outlines the relationship between JCL and the IBM mainframe, provides instruction for coding JCL, introduces special features, details the management of VSAM files, and describes the use of system tools. Menendez is a programmer/ systems analyst with some 12 years of experince working on IBM mainframes; Lowe is a technical author whose earlier book on MVS JCL is the forerunner of this one. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

From the Publisher:

Since the first edition of our JCL book came out in 1980, more than 165,000 programmers have learned JCL from it. Now, we think the improvements to this latest edition, both in the content itself and in the way it’s organized into paired pages, are going to make training and reference easier than ever before.

From the Author:

We know how frustrating JCL can be. You write a program that requires some feature of JCL you haven’t used before. So you have to dig through the IBM manuals, trying to figure out which of the details apply to your situation. Or you have to copy a co-worker’s JCL without understanding it, crossing your fingers that the job will run. Or you have to consult the resident JCL “guru” in your shop, who tells you one secret at a time. Once you finally figure out a way to handle the JCL, you do it the same way forever...no matter if it’s the best way or if you know how it works.

But Murach’s OS/390 and z/OS JCL ends the frustration and lets you reach a new level of professionalism in a minimum of time. It takes a practical approach to JCL that zeroes in on everyday jobs, so you can learn to code significant job streams in a hurry. It’s filled with syntax and examples, so you have plenty of guides for coding JCL on your own. And all the content is presented in our distinctive paired-pages method that saves you so much training and reference time, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1890774146
• ISBN 13: 9781890774141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 542