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Complete correctly: When I want a jobstep to be executed only if the previous jobstep has a return code of strictly less than 8, I should add...

  1. COND=(8,LE)

  2. COND=(8,GE)

  3. COND=(8,LT)

  4. COND=(8,GT)
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Explanation

In JCL, COND parameters test if a condition is true to bypass/skip execution. To execute only if the previous return code (RC) is strictly less than 8, we want to bypass if RC is greater than or equal to 8. Hence, COND=(8,LE) is correct because it bypasses execution if 8 is Less than or Equal to RC (meaning RC >= 8).

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