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 > LIBDEF

LIBDEF

Defines which libraries are to be searched for members of a specified type.

Syntax:

      *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      *   LIBDEF OPERANDS
      *--- // LIBDEF type[
      *                  [,SEARCH=(lib1.slib1......lib15,slib15]
      *                  [,CATALOG=lib.slib]
      *                  [,TEMP|PERM]
      *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Where:

Type: Either PHASE, OBJ, SOURCE, PROC, * or DUMP but only PROC is supported. The other options are parsed but not processed*.
SEARCH: Sets up a search chain of up to 15 libraries to be searched.
CATALOG: Library to receive output from a linkage editor or a dump. Parsed but not processed*.
TEMP: LIBDEF in effect for the duration of a JOB.
PERM: LIBDEF in effect permanently. Parsed but not processed*.

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.