LIBL Statement—Specify the Libraries for an I5/OS Job

The LIBL statement specifies the names of the libraries that the job uses.

Supported Job Type

This statement is optional for the i5/OS job type.

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

LIBL library|(library library...)

library

Specifies the name of a library that you want to add to the library list.

Limits: Up to 10 characters; it cannot contain delimiters (such as spaces)

Notes:

You can specify up to 25 libraries. The libraries are searched in the same order as they are listed.
To specify multiple libraries in an LIBL statement, separate each library name with a space and enclose the entire list of libraries in parentheses.
The LIBL statement specifies the initial user part of the library list that is used to search for operating system object names that do not have a library qualifier.
The LIBL statement overrides the library list specified in the job description for the job.
You can specify multiple LIBL statements in a job definition.

Example: Add a Library to the Library List of an i5/OS Job

This example runs a program named PAYJOB on an i5/OS system. The library named PAYROLL is added to the library list.

AGENT I5AGENT
CLPNAME PAYJOB
LIBL PAYROLL

Example: Add More than One Library to the Library List of an i5/OS Job

In this example, the libraries PAYROLL and FINANCE are added to the library list.

AGENT I5AGENT
CLPNAME ACCTJOB
LIBL (PAYROLL FINANCE)