In a recent note, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said: > Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:06:03 -0500 > > DDNAME=x overrides everything not consistent with the target DD > statement. Also, overriding is symmetric. > And, if you believe that, you'd be astonished (but I know such things rarely astonish you) at the arcana IBM support spouted at me several years ago when I presented a case in which DDNAME=x appeared not to override an OUTPUT=y. Respondent described in detail the sequence of control blocks created, one of which was left dangling and caused a JCL error. I was not snowed but yet intimidated: I don't speak the language well enough to make a rebuttal. WAD.
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