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[ranga_subham]

Hi,

This is an interview question. The JCL got 10 steps. It abended in 5th step. So, the job should be restarted from 6th step onwards. Here, we could give RESTART=JS006. And, the cond code will be nullified if 6th step has got any. What happens if a step JS008 got a COND code instead of restarted step JS006. Will the COND considered as nullified or how it goes?

TIA.
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[kolusu]

ranga_subham,

When restarting a job, the restart step becomes, in effect, the first step in the job. Therefore, the system evaluates a COND parameter on the restart step as false and executes the step. Subsequent steps might be executed. When a COND parameter on a step following the restarted step refers to a step that precedes the restarted step, the system evaluates the COND parameter as false.

And this is explained in detail over here.

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2B631/16.5.6.5?SHELF=&DT=20030423085347&CASE=

Hope this helps...

Cheers

Kolusu
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[ranga_subham]

Thank you very much Kolusu. I was trying to write a JCL to abend and see how it works. It worked the same way as you explained.
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