Ahem. z/VSE. :-) -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond Noal > Sent: Thursday 12 May 2005 16:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PARM= > > Have you ever heard the old adage - "if it ain't broke, .....". > > Instead of messing around with the PARM= field, how about > adding a new one like zPARM= (since these are the days of > z/OS, z/VM, z/Linux and (soon to be) z/TPF on our new > z/Series processors). Have zPARM= specify a DDNAME, like, > zPARM=ZPARMS, then code a "//ZPARMS DD *" file for the job. > Now you can have 15PB (random number for the sake of the > example) of data for your parameters. > > Maybe 15PB won't be enough, though, have you seen some of the > parameters on an RPM command for Linux or some of the other > open system commands? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
