On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:54:03 -0500, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Affectionately known as autocurst > >To be honest, I dislike all those "autocust" things. Going way back to >CA-Activator. Some work better and are easier to use than others, >but I always want to review my JCL and save it in some sort of >install library anyway (usually with names like #INST01, #INST02, etc.. >so I can trash the whole thing and start over easily or so it >makes it easy to see what order I did things in the next time). >I just don't trust them. Yes, Aggrivator. I never found that it made the install any easier. Same with the rest of them. Mostly front ends to SMP/E, to cover up for the fact that the vendor doesn't have a clue how to create proper SYSMODs. Let alone HOLDDATA. > >It may take a little longer, but I don't mind going into each >member and doing an ISPF CHANGE ALL command for "tape_unt" and >"vend_hlq" to whatever I need. If I know I will do a lot of this >I just set up a quick and dirty "CHGIT" edit macro and use that >when I edit the sample member before submitting / saving it. > Still, it would be nice if the vendors would use set symbols and include a member in all the jobs so that the symbols could be set in one place. Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
