//ACTUPT EXEC PGM=finance.ACCTREC.UPDATE, REGION=1M,TIME=(,6),COND= (0,EQ,
VALIDATE)
I understand this code allocates 1M of memory, the processor can take up to 45 seconds and that to make sure the return code equals zero. I do not understand "//ACTUPT" or "PGM=finance.ACCTREC.UPDATE". I think that what appears after PGM is the account name then the step name and the DDName but I would like to verify.
This JCL contains a number of syntax errors, so it will simply result in a JCL error as written.
REGION= does not allocate memory, it limits the amount of memory that can be allocated. 1M is a ridiculously small region these days.
TIME= will limit the step to 6 seconds of CPU.
As it is coded, COND= will only execute this step if the condition code from the step named VALIDATE is not zero.
ACTUPT is the step name, the preceding // is syntactically required by JCL.
PGM=finance.ACCTREC.UPDATE is a syntax error, if it were written as PGM=*.FINANCE.ACCTREC.UPDATE it would indicate to execute the program in the temporary library named by the DDNAME UPDATE in the ACCTREC procstep and the step FINANCE. Perhaps I led a sheltered career, but I've never before seen a PGM= parameter written this way.
Cleaning up syntax errors, I suspect we get...
//ACTUPT EXEC PGM=*.FINANCE.ACCTREC.UPDATE,
// REGION=1M,TIME=(,6),COND=(0,EQ,VALIDATE)
I strongly suggest you familiarize yourself with the IBM Documentation. JCL is under z/OS MVS in the table of contents.
