One alternative as I see it would be to setup a REXX EXEC (runs in batch, daily or whatever's needed) and it reads the output from a D SYMBOLS command (SDSF batch with MVS command /D SYMBOLS) and the REXX would generate a site-wide or LPAR-specific (as required and designed/implemented for general use) set of JCL SET symbolics (in a PDS, for example) that can be used along with the appropriate JCLLIB/INCLUDE statement combination in order to resolve desired JCL symbolics maintained from SYMDEFs.
Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:09:19 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
