It may be just me, but I could see a parameter in IEASYMxx (pseduo-doc follows) --------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMRESLV= SUBMIT / CONVERT / INITIATE
- SYMRESLV determines where system symbols are resolved for an ordinary batch job. Note that started tasks and "started jobs" always have symbols resolved on the system where they are started. a. SYMRESLV=SUBMIT resolves the symbols during reader processing on the system where the job is submitted. b. SYMRESLV=CONVERT resolves the symbols during conversion on the system converting the JCL to internal text. c. SYMRESLV=INITIATE resolves the symbols when the job is selected for execution, on the system where it will execute. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The originating systems SYMRESLV would determine how each job is handled. A flag would be required in the JQE(?) for the job to carry along what the setting was on the originating system. case a and b might not involve developing any new internal text keys, but case c might involve a key that says "deferred symbol here" with a length of the symbol's name and the symbol name. This would allow us to use the symbols, while putting the responsibility on us to determine where we want them resolved. I'm sure documentation would recommend the pros and cons of each method - for example I don't see much of a case for option b if the systems involved are all different systems. Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
