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Alex
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Posted: Jul 29, 2026, 1:38 PM
Program has:
SELECT INFILE ASSIGN TO INPUT01.
What is INPUT01? Is that the dataset name?
Thread: COBOL
SELECT / ASSIGN ddname - how does that connect to JCL?
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Jen
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Posted: Jul 29, 2026, 2:38 PM
INPUT01 is the DD name in your JCL, not the DSN.
//INPUT01 DD DSN=MY.DATA.FILE,DISP=SHR
COBOL talks to INPUT01. JCL points INPUT01 at the real dataset.
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Alex
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Posted: Jul 29, 2026, 5:38 PM
That was the missing link. File status 35 makes sense now - my DD name did not match.
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