Confusion about different DD names used in JCL...

[Makrand]

Hi,

I was going through the JCLs at my system and got the to see following DD names:

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SYSABOUT DD SYSOUT=A 
SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* 
SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* 
ABENDAID DD SYSOUT=* 
SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=A 
SYSDBOUT DD SYSOUT=A

Please let me know what are they? I don't much about them online.

[Robert Sample]

SYSPRINT -- commonly used for system output
SYSTSPRT -- usually used for output of TSO commands in batch jobs that execute TSO
SYSABOUT -- usually used for abend dump data for old (VS COBOL II) programs
ABENDAID -- used by a third-party vendor (Compuware) for its product dump
SYSUDUMP -- used by z/OS for system dumps if something abends
SYSDBOUT -- was used by the OS/VS COBOL compiler for SYMDMP output many years ago

[Makrand]

Thank you Robert, this is a great help.

Sorry for the late acknowledgement ...