Use commands on z/OS

MQSC commands can be issued from various sources, depending on the command.

Commands can be issued from the following sources:

  • The z/OS® console or equivalent
  • The initialization input data sets CSQINP1, CSQINP2, CSQINPT and CSQINPX
  • The CSQUTIL batch utility
  • Suitably authorized applications, sending commands as messages to the SYSTEM.COMMAND.INPUT queue

For further details, see Issuing commands,

However, not all commands can be issued from all these sources. Commands can be classified according to whether they can be issued from:

    1
    CSQINP1

    2
    CSQINP2

    C
    The z/OS console

    R
    The command server and command queue, by means of CSQUTIL, CSQINPT, CSQINPX, or applications

Within the command descriptions that follow, these sources are identified by the use of the characters 1, 2, C, and R in each command description.