
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2007. All rights reserved. 429
Appendix B. Utility programs
There is no specific definition of what constitutes a z/VSE utility program today,
but common usage includes only a few z/VSE-provided programs as utilities.
The UNIX community, by contrast, considers many of the standard commands
as utilities. This includes compilers, backup programs, filters, and many other
types of programs. To the z/VSE community these are applications or programs,
not utilities. The difference is simply one of terminology, but it can be confusing to
new z/VSE users.
z/VSE utilities are batch programs (although some of them can be used in the ...