I wrote a REXX program that built the JCL. It was only when I submitted the 4,000 step backup job that I realised I had to embed a job card every 255 steps and then the conundrum of how to prevent multiple jobs from executing and where this whole started from jogged my memory.....
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> wrote: > On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:54:11 +1000, Wayne Bickerdike wrote: > >>Isn't there a 255 step limit? I regularly hit this problem with >>multi-step database backups/tape stacking type process. >> > I would expect your fingers would get tired before you could > ever punch so many cards. But perhaps you have the luxury of > data entry personnel to do that for you. > > Regardless, this is Earth Week. I'm agahst at the slaughter > of pulpwood trees to make those cards. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
