Mark, Thanks. That explains the confusion. In the JCL manual it says ignore, however in the INIT and TUNING, it does not clearly state it is ignored.
I will do some testing. I was always told STEPLIB then JOBLIB without any qualifications. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mark Jacobs > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 7:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: APF authorization and JOBLIB DD card > > From the JCL Reference manual; > > 13.3.5 Relationship of a STEPLIB to a JOBLIB > > > Use a JOBLIB DD statement to define a private library that the system is > to use for an entire job. If you include a JOBLIB DD statement for the job > and a STEPLIB DD statement for an individual job step, the system first > searches the step library and then the system library for the program > requested in the EXEC statement. The system ignores the JOBLIB library for > that step. > > Mark Jacobs > > On 12/20/13 09:22, Lizette Koehler wrote: > > Could someone point out the manual that states if a Steplib is present the Joblib is > ignored? > > > > I found this in the following manual and it does not lead me to the > > conclusion you have stated > > > > LLA and Module Search Order > > > > z/OS V1R12.0 MVS Initialization and Tuning Guide SA22-7591-08 > > > > When a program requests a module, the system searches for the requested > module in various system areas and libraries, in the following order: > > > > Modules that were loaded under the current task (LLEs) > > The job pack area (JPA) > > Tasklib, steplib, joblib, or any libraries that were indicated by a DCB specified > as an input parameter to the macro used to request the module (LINK, LINKX, > LOAD, ATTACH, ATTACHX, XCTL or XCTLX). > > Active link pack area (LPA), which contains the FLPA and MLPA > > Pageable link pack area (PLPA) > > SYS1.LINKLIB and libraries concatenated to it through the > > LNKLSTxx member of parmlib. (Placing Modules in the System's Search > > Order for Programs explains the performance improvements that can be > > achieved by moving modules from the LNKLST concatenation to LPA.) > > > > When searching TASKLIBs, STEPLIBs, JOBLIBs, a specified DCB, or the > LNKLST concatenation for a module, the system searches each data set directory > for the first directory entry that matches the name of the module. The directory is > located on DASD with the data set, and is updated whenever the module is > changed. The directory entry contains information about the module and where it is > located in storage. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Lizette > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > >> On Behalf Of Blaicher, Christopher Y. > >> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 7:12 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: APF authorization and JOBLIB DD card > >> > >> You are correct. > >> > >> Chris Blaicher > >> Principal Software Engineer, Software Development Syncsort > >> Incorporated > >> 50 Tice Boulevard, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 > >> P: 201-930-8260 | M: 512-627-3803 > >> E: [email protected] > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > >> On Behalf Of Tom Marchant > >> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 8:49 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: APF authorization and JOBLIB DD card > >> > >> On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:58:00 +0000, Blaicher, Christopher Y. wrote: > >> > >>> Because the search is STEPLIB first, JOBLIB second (or first if no STEPLIB) > ... > >> Really? I thought that JOBLIB was ignored if there is a STEPLIB. > >> > >> -- > >> Tom Marchant > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > -- > Mark Jacobs > Time Customer Service > Tampa, FL > ---- > > The quiet ones are the ones that change the universe... > The loud ones only take the credit. > > Londo Mollari - Babylon 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
