When I first started down the MVS road, I was taught a memory-jogger that has stood the test of time for me: "If it's true, don't do"...
John Compton Phone Cork: +353 (0)21 231 4641; Phone VOIP: 214-775-3641 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: 07 August 2007 21:37 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: COND= running a step that it should not. WHY? BFOM! On 7 Aug 2007 13:04:40 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J R) wrote: >Agreed! Over the course of forty years, I've never known anybody >who thinks that COND= is intuitive. I always mentally rearrange it to >state "BYPASS THIS STEP IF" but your SKIP= works well too. Most everybody either has their JCL manual dog eared to the COND step, or has notes handy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
