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6.11.2 UNIX System Services (USS) EXEC Family of Functions


UNIX System Services (USS) have unique functions that
must be considered for address space accounting.

ACCOUNTING FOR EXEC FUNCTIONS

The EXEC family of functions causes step termination and a
new substep to be started.  This new substep will still have
the same step number, but the substep number is incremented.
This new unit of work is not a job step, but a substep.  For
accounting purposes, substep number must be used in addition
to step number, job name, and job start time.  The following
fields are provided to support EXEC processing:

SUBSTEP  - Substep Number
     Used to put accounting records in sequence

PROGRAML - Long Program Name (OE/MVS)
PROGRMLT - Long Program Name Type (OE/MVS)

     Used to determine whether a HFS executable file is a
     UNIX System Services (USS) object or load module.