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=COPY Facility

Purpose

Under z/VSE, some or all of the input parameter statement to be submitted to a DDL compiler can be stored as a member in a source statement library. To copy the library member into the job stream, you use the =COPY IDMS statement.

The =COPY IDMS statement identifies the library member and is coded in the JCL along with other input parameter statements (if any) to be submitted to the DDL compiler. Multiple =COPY statements can be submitted.

=COPY IDMS statements and input parameter statements can be intermixed in the JCL. The input parameters are submitted to the compiler in the order in which they occur, whether they are coded directly in the JCL or copied in through the =COPY facility.