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HOW MANY MAX STEPS WE CAN CODE IN A JOB?

255 MAX IF WE EXCEED THEN WE GET JCL ERROR WITH THIS MESSAGE
"IEFC602I EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF EXECUTE STATEMENTS"
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HOW TO CHECK WHETHER A DATASET EXIST
***EXAMPLE1***>>>>>>>>>>THIS IS NON EXISTING DATASET
//STEPA EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSIN DD *
LISTCAT ENTRIES('FSS142.RAMANADH.COPY.COPY')
/*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
IT THROWS MAXCC = 4
IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES
LISTCAT ENTRIES('FSS142.RAMANADH.COPY.COPY')
IDC3012I ENTRY FSS142.RAMANADH.COPY.COPY NOT FOUND
IDC3009I ** VSAM CATALOG RETURN CODE IS 8 - REASON CODE IS IGG0CLEG-42
IDC1566I ** FSS142.RAMANADH.COPY.COPY NOT LISTED
IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES
THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES PROCESSED WAS:
AIX -------------------0
ALIAS -----------------0
CLUSTER ---------------0
DATA ------------------0
GDG -------------------0
INDEX -----------------0
NONVSAM ---------------0
PAGESPACE -------------0
PATH ------------------0
SPACE -----------------0
USERCATALOG -----------0
TAPELIBRARY -----------0
TAPEVOLUME ------------0
TOTAL -----------------0
THE NUMBER OF PROTECTED ENTRIES SUPPRESSED WAS 0
IDC0001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 4
IDC0002I IDCAMS PROCESSING COMPLETE. MAXIMUM CONDITION CODE WAS 4
***EXAMPLE2***>>>>>>>>>>THIS IS AN EXISTING DATASET(I.E PDS)
***EXAMPLE3***>>>>>>>>>>THIS IS AN EXISTING DATASET(I.E PS)
//STEPA EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSIN DD *
LISTCAT ENTRIES('FSS142.RAMANADH.JOBLIB')
/*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*

LISTCAT ENTRIES('FSS142.RAMANADH.JOBLIB')
NONVSAM ------- FSS142.RAMANADH.JOBLIB
 IN-CAT --- CATALOG.FSS
IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES
THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES PROCESSED WAS:
AIX -------------------0
ALIAS -----------------0
CLUSTER ---------------0
DATA ------------------0
GDG -------------------0
INDEX -----------------0
NONVSAM ---------------1
PAGESPACE -------------0
PATH ------------------0
SPACE -----------------0
USERCATALOG -----------0
TAPELIBRARY -----------0
TAPEVOLUME ------------0
TOTAL -----------------1
***EXAMPLE4***>>>>>>>>>>THIS IS AN EXISTING DATASET(I.E VSAM)
//STEPA EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSIN DD *
LISTCAT ENTRIES('FSS142.RAMANADH.ACCFILE')
/*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*

IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES

LISTCAT ENTRIES('FSS142.RAMANADH.ACCFILE')
CLUSTER ------- FSS142.RAMANADH.ACCFILE
IN-CAT --- CATALOG.FSS
DATA ------- FSS142.RAMANADH.ACCFILE.DATA
IN-CAT --- CATALOG.FSS
INDEX ------ FSS142.RAMANADH.ACCFILE.INDEX
IN-CAT --- CATALOG.FSS
IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES
THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES PROCESSED WAS:
AIX -------------------0
ALIAS -----------------0
CLUSTER ---------------1
DATA ------------------1
GDG -------------------0
INDEX -----------------1
NONVSAM ---------------0
PAGESPACE -------------0
PATH ------------------0
SPACE -----------------0
USERCATALOG -----------0
TAPELIBRARY -----------0
TAPEVOLUME ------------0
TOTAL -----------------3
***EXAMPLE5***>>>>>>>>>>THIS IS AN UNCATALOGED DATASET
//STEPA EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//SYSUT1 DD DSN=FSS142.RAMANADH.COBOL2.SOURCE
// DISP=(OLD,UNCATALOG,DELETE)
//STEPB EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSIN DD *
 LISTCAT ENTRIES('FSS142.RAMANADH.JOBLIB')
/*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
***EXAMPLE6***>>>>>>>>>LISTCAT WITH ALL OPTION
NONVSAM ------- FSS142.RAMANADH.SAMP.FILE
IN-CAT --- CATALOG.FSS
HISTORY
DATASET-OWNER-----(NULL) CREATION--------2011.067
RELEASE----------------2 EXPIRATION------0000.000
ACCOUNT-INFO-----------------------------------(NULL)
SMSDATA
STORAGECLASS ------SCFSS MANAGEMENTCLASS---(NULL)
DATACLASS --------(NULL) LBACKUP ---0000.000.0000
VOLUMES
VOLSER------------FSSV08 DEVTYPE------X'3010200F'
ASSOCIATIONS--------(NULL)
ATTRIBUTES
IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES
THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES PROCESSED WAS:
AIX -------------------0
ALIAS -----------------0
CLUSTER ---------------0
DATA ------------------0
GDG -------------------0
INDEX -----------------0
NONVSAM ---------------0
PAGESPACE -------------0
PATH ------------------0
SPACE -----------------0
USERCATALOG -----------0
TAPELIBRARY -----------0
TAPEVOLUME ------------0
TOTAL -----------------3
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JCL TO CHECK WHETHER DATASET IS AVAILABLE IF NOT CREATE A DATASET
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
LISTC ENT(FSS142.RAMANADH.FILE1)
IF LASTCC = 0
DEFINE CLUSTER
-
-
-
ELSE SET MAXCC = 0
/*
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WHEN A DATASET IS CREATED THE ENTRY IS MADE IN SYSTEM CATALOG

SYSTEM CATALOG IS A VSAM DATASET
EX: CATALOG.FSS