IBM i call (Call) Command

To invoke a script, the member name is required and can be *FILE:

call mylib/myfile(myscript)

Specifying *FILE invokes the normal default IBM i file search order.

To invoke a script included as an inline file in a database job, the call must specify *FIRST as the database member name.

The following example illustrates both:

Invocation of an inline script, CALLME, using the STRUDM command from a database job.
Invocation of an inline script, CALL1, using the CALL command from a database job.

//BCHJOB JOB(testcall) ENDSEV(10) OUTQ(mytest/UDMOUTQ) LOGCLPGM(*YES)*
LOG(2 20 *SECLVL) MSGQ(*USRPRF)*
//DATA FILE(CALL1) ENDCHAR(ENDDATAFILE)*
print msg="I made it to call1 - an inline file"*
ENDDATAFILE*
//DATA FILE(CALLME) ENDCHAR(ENDDATAFILE)*
OPEN S=AS400V5 USER=qatest PWD=***** PORT=4311*
CALL CALL1(*FIRST)*
CLOSE*
ENDDATAFILE*
STRUDM SCRFILE(CALLME)*
//ENDBCHJOB*