CONTINUE Subcommand

Use the CONTINUE subcommand to resume interrupted output operations. Interruptions causing subcommand mode occur when:

Processing of a SYSOUT data set completes and the PAUSE operand was specified on the OUTPUT command
You press the attention interrupt key

Pressing the attention interrupt key purges the input/output buffers for the terminal. Data and system messages in the buffers at this time may be lost. Although the OUTPUT command attempts to back up records to recover the lost information, results are unpredictable due to record length and buffer size. You may see records repeated or you may notice records missing if you attempt to resume processing of a data set at the point of interruption using the HERE operand with the CONTINUE subcommand, or in the next session using the HERE operand on the OUTPUT command.

Using the CONTINUE subcommand, you can specify:

Where in the output data set you want the system to begin processing (BEGIN, HERE, NEXT operands)
That you want to skip processing for a checkpointed output data set (NEXT operand)
Whether you want the system to pause after each SYSOUT data set is listed (PAUSE/NOPAUSE operands)