File name/Member name

Indicates the name of the file that contains the job script, or for z/OS jobs, the name of a member that contains one of the following in relation to the job to be executed:

• The JCL of the job
• The started task procedure
• Warning messages

  Additional information	Description
  Usage	Mandatory if the Script option is selected from the What parameter.
  Length	Microsoft Windows, UNIX, OpenVMS: 1-64 characters iSeries (AS/400): 1-21 characters z/OS: 1-8 characters
  Case Sensitive	Yes
  Invalid Characters	Blanks, \, /, or * (Blanks and / can be used when defining an OS/400 job) z/OS: Non-English characters Character masks are not supported (for example, a job with a FR*.EXE File Name value is not executed).
  Variable name	None
  Alternate Names	Control‑M/EM Utilities: MEMNAME Reporting Facility: MEMNAME Control‑M/Server Utilities: -memname Control-M for z/OS: MEMNAME Control-M/EM API: memname
  Computer specific information
  Microsoft Windows	Name of a command file or an executable file.
  UNIX	Name of a UNIX shell script file.
  Open VMS	Name of the command file. It can be specified using one of the following formats: Without file extension (for example, JOBFILE): Control-M adds the appropriate extension according to the What parameter: .COM for job (batch job), .EXE for Detached (detached process). When the file name is specified without a version specification, the last version of the file is executed. With full file extension, including the version specification (for example, JOBFILE.COM;2 or JOBFILE.EXE;5). Using the full file extension format, it is possible to select a specific file extension and version of the command file or detached process to be executed.
  iSeries (AS/400)	An executable program object.
  z/OS	Name of a member whose contents are determined by the What parameter. JCL of the job Started task procedure Warning messages

You can browse for the member that contains the JCL code, as described in Browsing remotely for the member that contains the JCL in a library.

The File Name/Member can be the same as or different from the job name. Each member contains only one job.

EXAMPLE: Microsoft Windows

myjob.bat, myjob.cmd, myjob.exe

UNIX

myjob

OpenVMS

MYJOB, MYJOB.COM, MYJOB.COM;2, MYJOB.EXE, MYJOB.EXE;4.

iSeries (AS/400)

MYJOB