Control File Maintenance Utility › Control File Statements › SET Statement

SET Statement

The SET statement will select a data set or subsystem Control File entry upon which the subsequent statements are to act. It can also set the abend flag to abend the job if the step completes with a nonzero return code.

SET 	[DDNAME=ddname|SUBSYS=subsystem|PRODUCTION]
[,ABEND={NO|YES}]

DDNAME=ddname

Specifies the DDNAME of a VSAM file that is to be used as a Control File.

SUBSYS=subsystem

Specifies the name of the CA Compress subsystem that manages the desired Control File. The subsystem specified must be active.

PRODUCTION

Specifies that a search is to be made for an active CA Compress subsystem. The located subsystem is used to access the Control File.

ABEND={NO|YES}

Specifies if an abend is to be generated when a nonzero return code occurs. The default is ABEND=NO.