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Requests to Retrieve/Navigate the JCL Statements

You can have CA JCLCheck issue the following I/O requests to change the current statement position. The data areas that CA JCLCheck loads or refreshes are noted for each Request Code:

START-AT-JOB (Request Code 1)

Repositions the I/O Pointer to the beginning of a current job stream and returns the JOB STATEMENT information.

START-AT-THIS-STEP (Request Code 2)

Repositions the I/O Pointer to the beginning of a current job step and returns the EXEC STATEMENT information.

START-AT-THIS-STEP-NAME (Request Code 3)

Repositions the I/O Pointer to a designated job step and returns the EXEC STATEMENT information for that step.

START-AT-THIS-STMT-NUMBER (Request Code 4)

Repositions the I/O Pointer to a designated statement in the current job stream and returns the information associated with that statement.

READ-BACKWARD-STMT (Request Code 5)

Requests the information associated with the previous statement of the current job stream (based on the current location of the I/O Pointer).

READ-FORWARD-STMT (Request Code 6)

Requests the information associated with the next statement of the current job stream (based on the current location of the I/O Pointer).