JCL JESLOG Parameter

Note! JESLOG parameter can be coded only at the job level.

The JESLOG parameter is used to specify whether the JESLOG (JESMSGLG and JESYSMSG) files are spin-eligible or not.

JESLOG is a keyword parameter and is optional.

Syntax -

JESLOG= {SPIN,'hh:mm'}
        {SPIN,'+hh:mm'}
        {SPIN,nnn}
        {SPIN,nnnK}
        {SPIN,nnnM}
        {NOSPIN}
        {SUPPRESS}
SPIN,'hh:mm' JESLOG spun at hh:mm in each 24 hours period.
hh is hours value has a range of 00 through 23.
mm is minutes value has a range of 00 through 59.
SPIN,'+hh:mm' JESLOG is spun every hh:mm time interval.
JESLOG=(SPIN,nnn)
JESLOG=(SPIN,nnnK)
JESLOG=(SPIN,nnnM)		 JESLOG is spun when the file has n lines. A minimum of 500 lines must be specified.
NOSPIN JESLOG is not spun.
SUPPRESS JESLOG is suppressed.

Default and overrides -

If no JESLOG parameter is coded, the default value is NOSPIN.

Examples -

Scenario -

//MTHEXMP1 JOB (META007),'PAWAN Y',JESLOG=(SPIN,'+09:00')

The JESLOG parameter requests that JESLOG be spun every 9 hours.

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