I know, this has been belabored tediously here, but this may be a new wrinkle. I believe:
o Symbolic aliases in catalogs are resolved by substituting values of system symbols for their names. o System symbols are not available to batch JCL. o So, may I conclude that symbolic DSNAME aliases must not be employed in batch JCL? -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
