> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of julian.lev...@gmail.com > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 2:06 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Scanning JES3 JCL > > John > > Thanks for the jes2/3 info. I suspected as much but needed confirmation. > > I originally wrote a JCL expander over 15 years ago! That was another > employer alas and I've reinvented that wheel again. > > By expand JCL I mean handle symbolics, embed EXEC/INCLUDE PROCs even embed > sysins with symbols handled. > > I found then that a pretty good database was simply a pds with all the > jobs expanded and then use a search tool. That will be first pass at this > this time around. > > OTOH, I've already written the code to correctly parse JCL keywords, sub > parameters and quotes. So, it should be easy to extract specific keywords > such as DSN and build into a database. > > I'm at home now I'll check this out more at work tomorrow.
Thanks for offering to share your tool. It would be, as others have said, a very useful addition to the community toolbox. Perhaps you could contribute it to the cbttape.org website for distribution. Peter -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
