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SYSOUT Parameters

LINE Statement Parameters

TYPe is SYSOUTL

Specifies the line type.

DDname is

Associates the line with an external file name.

The DDNAME parameter is required to create an executable system.

ddname

For z/OS and z/VM systems only, identifies the ddname for the line, as specified in the system startup JCL.

PTERM Statement Parameters

TYPe is SYSOUTT

Specifies the device type for the physical terminal.

PAGe LENgth is page-length

Specifies the maximum page size, in text lines, for the physical terminal.

Page-length must be an integer in the range 1 through 32,767. The default is 60.

PAGe WIDth is page-width

Specifies the maximum page width, in characters, for the physical terminal.

Page-width must be an integer in the range 1 through 32,767. The default is 132.

Note: The SYSOUTL line can be used in conjunction with the WRITE PRINTER command to submit batch jobs via the z/OS internal reader. For more information, see the section "Writing JCL to a JES2 Internal Reader" in the Navigational DML Programming Guide.