"McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.. .. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf > > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:10 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Read JCL Symbols from a program? > > > >
> > Example: > > > > // SET PARM1=NEW > > // EXEC PROC=FOO,PARM2=OLD > > > > In this example, while executing the FOO proc, you have JCL symbols > > PARM1 and PARM2. > > > > My question is this: does anyone know a way for a program to > > read the > > current JCL symbols? > > It could be that all of this information is washed away by > > the converter > > interpreter.... > > > > Kirk Wolf > > Dovetailed Technologies > > I am fairly sure that the information is indeed "washed away" by the > converter and not kept in any kind of control block that you can > __easily__ access. If you really wanted to, you might be able to get > hold of the JESJCL dataset like SDSF does and parse that out yourself. > <shiver> I looked and the information is NOT in the $INTTEXT spool > dataset. > > -- You can, of course, pass the required symbols as parm to the program: //PGM EXEC PMG=PROG1,PARM='SYMBOL1=&SYMBOL1,SYMBOL2=&SYMBOL2,...."' Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
