Storing job variables

User job variables are generated by means of the CREATE-JV command. A job variable entry is generated in the file catalog (TSOSCAT) for the job variable. The entry contains a management part (e.g. protection attributes and name of the job variables). Following the management part, 256 bytes are reserved for storing the job variable value.

Each job variable entry in the TSOSCAT file contains:

• bytes for check information

• a fixed number of bytes for the name of the job variable

• a variable number of bytes (0 - 256) for the value