Multiple choice technology mainframe

IDCAMS utility can't be executed without 2 dd statement which are they??

  1. SYSPRINT and SYSOUT

  2. SYSIN and SYSOUT

  3. SYSPRINT and SYSIN

  4. The question is wrong
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Explanation

IDCAMS requires SYSPRINT (for messages/output) and SYSIN (for control statements) to execute. Without SYSIN, IDCAMS has no commands to process. Without SYSPRINT, it has nowhere to write messages. SYSOUT is typically routed to SYSPRINT in JCL, not specified directly to IDCAMS.

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