Elegant. I like that. It ought to work just fine. We make heavy use of such symbols. The price we pay is a setup (MOD,DELETE) step to position for a rerun. Now, this works very well, but the MOD,DELETE step for hundreds and hundreds of steps is S L O W as a slug. We actually use a REXX DSLIST function that seems to be faster than JCL, but it is still slow.
GDG's are now uncommon in our processing. (Small shop, one guy is the supreme being of the scheduler and all production batch.) And, gee, you don't look all *that* ugly. Well, on second glance.... :-)) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hare Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: GDG question I'm pretty sure I can do this, but I'm looking for a second opinion (and "you're ugly, too" as my coworker said doesn't count <grin>). I have the assistance of a job scheduler which can substitute variables in JCL to help with this idea, so bear that in mind. I want to create twelve GDGs, prefix.whatever.JAN, prefix.whatever.FEB and so forth. Then, instead of creating prefix.whatever.JAN(+1) I want to create prefix.whatever.JAN.G(day-of-month-with-leading-zeroes)V00 with DISP=(NEW,CATLG). In essence one generation per day of month, with missing generations if we don't run that day (state holiday or whatever). Then I want to be able to read prefix.whatever.JAN as the complete set, as you can do with GDGs. Are there any holes in this theory that I'm overlooking? Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
