
26 Java Stand-alone Applications on z/OS Volume II
3.1 Positioning of JZOS
BPXBATCH and BPXBATSL have been the tools of choice for running
executable file and shell scripts residing in the Hierarchical File System (HFS)
under UNIX System Services from a TSO session and z/OS Job Control
Language (JCL). We described how to use these tools to run Java applications
as batch jobs in Chapter 2, “Job management” in Java Stand-alone Applications
on z/OS, Volume I, SG24-7177.
These tools are useful and flexible in their own right. However, they have some
limitations from the view of traditional batch job management in z/OS systems. A
batch job typically ...