R.Skorupka wrote:

>I dare to disagree. Completely.

Feel free to do that. Search the archives. My reply is for those who don't have 
those automation software.

>1. ControlM (and others) did that despite of the reasons above.

Agreed. I'm indeed using those %%variables to generate datasets and reports for 
my RACF audit reports. Can't already live without those %%variables. :-D

>2. Scope of the facilities offered by %%variables is much wider than system 
>variables which are available in STC, but not in batch. Some of the facilities 
>are completely unrelated to the considerations above.
>3. ControlM do offer rich set of date&time variables and functions, so you 
>have ordering date, execution date etc. Anything you want. With no ambiguity.

Here I agree with you... ;-D
But not every one has that luxury. This is why this thread originally started.

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

----------------------------------------------------------------------
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

Reply via email to