# ADALNKR and ADALNK

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adalnkr-and-adalnk/203090>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-on-Mainframes, Adabas-Basics-on-Mainframes\
**Created:** [March 6, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adalnkr-and-adalnk/203090 "2019-03-06T00:38:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Claudemar\_Martins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/claudemar_martins/32/322_2.png) [@Claudemar\_Martins](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Claudemar_Martins)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adalnkr-and-adalnk/203090/1 "2019-03-06T00:38:28Z")

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What ADALNKR is used for?

From what I saw it is similar to ADALNK.

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**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 7:26am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adalnkr-and-adalnk/203090/2 "2019-03-06T07:26:50Z")

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ADALNK is the batch link routine for Adabas. ADALNKR is the re-entrant version. There are other ADALN\* routines, such as ADALNC for CICS.

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**Author:** ![Claudemar\_Martins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/claudemar_martins/32/322_2.png) [@Claudemar\_Martins](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Claudemar_Martins)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adalnkr-and-adalnk/203090/3 "2019-03-06T18:30:00Z")

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Thank you Ralph Zbrog;

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adalnkr-and-adalnk/203090/4 "2021-04-02T15:42:26Z")

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