Micro Focus Enterprise Developer 2.3 Update 2 for Eclipse > Programming > Mainframe Programming > JCL Support > JCL development > Introduction > JCL Jobstreams > VSE JCL Support > VSE JCL Statements > EXEC

EXEC

Executes a program, a JCL procedure or a REXX procedure.

Syntax:

      *---------------------------------------------------------------
      *--- EXEC OPERANDS
      *---           format 1 to execute a program
      *--- // EXEC [PGM=]
      * --           program-name
      *---          REAL
      *---          SIZE=’value’
      *---          GO
      *---          PARM=’value’
      *---------------------------------------------------------------

Where:

program-name: Name of the program to be executed.
REAL: Execute in real storage. Parsed but not processed*.
SIZE: Size of the program in the partition. Parsed but not processed*.
GO: To compile, link and run in one step. Parsed but not processed*.
PARM: Enables you to pass a parameter to an application program.

Syntax:

      *---------------------------------------------------------------
      *--- EXEC OPERANDS
      *---           format 2 to execute a procedure
      *--- // EXEC PROC=procedure-name
      *---                            parm=parm-value  
      *---------------------------------------------------------------

Where:

procedure-name: Name of the procedure to be executed.
parm and parm-value: Name of a symbolic parameter and a value to be substituted within the procedure.

Syntax:

      *---------------------------------------------------------------
      *--- EXEC OPERANDS
      *---           format 3 to execute a rexx procedure
      *--- // EXEC REXX=procedure-name
      *---                            
      *---------------------------------------------------------------

REXX is supported but cannot be executed in this way. You must use IKJEFT01 (TSO in batch) to invoke REXX in the same way as in MVS or z/OS.

Note: The command and operand combinations listed in these topics are supported unless indicated as "parsed but not processed". Where indicated, this means:

Parsed but not processed - indicates that the command and the operand are not supported, however, Enterprise Developer parses it and, if it fails validation, a JCL error is generated.
Parsed but not processed* - indicates that a number of the operands for JCL and POWER commands (for example, any tape or volume-specific operands) do not apply in the Micro Focus Enterprise Developer environment. See General Differences.