A program with the test attribute contains information about internal symbols in a form that can be accessed with the TSO TEST command. Symbol tables to be used by the TSO TEST command should be included in the input to the binder, which will place them in the output module. If the test attribute is not specified, any symbol tables in the input are ignored by the binder and are not placed in the output module. If the test attribute is specified, and no symbol table input is received, the output load module will not contain symbol tables to be used by the TSO TEST command.

Specifying the TEST option is not useful unless you are going to use the TSO TEST command on the program. The symbol tables in the program are ignored except when using the TSO TEST command.

The TEST option is only valid for program modules that are stored in a program library for later execution.

TEST=NO is the default option and can also be specified with the keyword NOTEST.