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+COBOL labs
+4 folders
+
+1. **cbl** – COBOL source code
+2. **jcl** – JCL to compile, link, and execute COBOL source code
+3. **jclproc** – JCL PROCEDUREs used for labs in JCL folder
+4. **data** – COBOL program input records
+
+Note:
+**cbl** folder
+- copy cobol source members into student id.CBL partitioned data set name
+
+**jcl** folder 
+- copy jcl members into student id.JCL partitioned data set name
+- jcl members reference student id.CBL and student id.LOAD partitioned data set names
+
+**jclproc** folder 
+- members need to be copied into z/OS JES procedure library
+
+**data** folder
+- member **data** must be transferred binary to z/OS because the data contains EBCDIC and Packed Decimal
+- member **datax** is a viewable ASCII data but the packed decimal fields were translated to ASCII and are unreadable