Recommended Duration:  3 Days

Benefits:  Students who complete this course will be able to create and maintain programs written to run in the z/OS UNIX environment and that use callable z/OS UNIX System Services as well as C functions. They will also be able to construct and use makefiles to support their applications.

Audience:  Programmers experienced with working in a z/OS environment who will be designing and coding applications that are to be run using z/OS UNIX.

Prerequisites:  Fundamental knowledge of z/OS UNIX shell scripting such as might be obtained from attending course U515: “Shell scripting in z/OS UNIX”, and familiarity with at least one of these programming languages: COBOL, PL/I, C, LE-compliant Assembler.

Related IBM Materials:  This course is drawn from these and other IBM manuals; access to these publications in the classroom is desirable but not required:
SA77-7803 – z/OS UNIX System Services Programming: Assembler Callable Services
SA22-7802 – z/OS UNIX Command Reference