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Job Control Statements and Job File Format

An CA Top Secret batch job file normally is prepared in a standard CMS file. Such a file consists of three sections, each section containing either job control statements or batch program-dependent data.

There are several different job control statements, but all are characterized by the appearance of two slashes ('//') beginning in the first column of the file record. Program-dependent data format is determined by the particular batch program to be executed.

The three sections of a job file are outlined below in the order in which they must appear in the job file: