> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Chase, John
> >
> > Hi, All,
> >
> > Got a little puzzle here we can't seem to figure out. A batch job
> > consists of three jobsteps, each of which invokes a multi-step PROC.
> > Example:
> >
> > //JOBNAME JOB ...
> > //STEP01 EXEC PROC1
> > //STEP02 EXEC PROC2,COND=(0,LT)
> > //STEP03 EXEC PROC3,COND=(1,LT)
> >
> > Each PROC is structured the same, with the same COND on each procstep:
> >
> > //PROCn PROC
> > //PSTEP1 EXEC PGM=PROGn1,COND=(0,LT)
> > //PSTEP2 EXEC PGM=PROGn2,COND=(0,LT)
> > //PSTEP3 EXEC PGM=PROGn3,COND=(0,LT)
> > //....
> >
> > Jobsteps 1 and 2 complete with RC=0, as does each procstep in
> > PROC1 and
> > PROC2.
> >
> > Jobstep 3, procstep 1 completes with RC=1 or higher, and the
> > programmer expects the remainder of the job to be flushed; but all
> > remaining procsteps are executed. The job finally abends S0C7 in a
> > later procstep because a dataset that was intended to be populated in
> > the first procstep is either empty or non-existent.
> >
> > The puzzle: Why is the remainder of PROC3 executed when its first
> > procstep produces RC>0?
> >
> > TIA,
>
> From the JCL reference manual:
>
> <quote>
> The COND parameter on an EXEC statement that calls a
> cataloged or in-stream procedure (a calling EXEC statement)
> either overrides or is added to the called EXEC statements.
> </quote>
>
> The COND=(1,LT) on the third EXEC PROC= means that every step
> in that proc has its COND __replaced__ with COND=(1,LT). I
> interpret "either overrides or is added to" as meaning:
> "either overrides any existing COND parameter on the EXEC or
> is added to the EXEC if it does not have a COND parameter".
Saw that, but it doesn't answer the question why remaining procsteps are
executed when procstep 1 produces RC=4, e.g.
Even with "replacement", the "updated" statements //PSTEP2 EXEC
PGM=PROGn2,COND=(1,LT) et seq. should not run if the previous step ended
with RC>1, but they do.
-jc-
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