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How can a job send a status message to a TSO user at the completion of a job?

  1. STATUS

  2. NOTIFY

  3. ENDMSG

  4. USER

  5. None of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The NOTIFY parameter in JCL's JOB statement allows you to specify a TSO user ID to receive a message when the job completes. The syntax is NOTIFY=userid. Options STATUS, ENDMSG, and USER are not valid JCL parameters for this purpose. NOTIFY is the correct and standard mechanism.

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