It might be possible to have a program intercept the symbols via PARM= as first step of a job, and have the program push the values to environment variables of same name. See the LE routine CEEENV.
I'm not certain about it, but I -think- Environment Variables are good for the life of the job once they are set by a program/step. Darren -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred van der Windt Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: JCL procedure parameters A recent discussing in ASSEMBLER-LIST reminded me of something I tried to figure out a while ago (and didn't): Is is possible to somehow retrieve the JCL procedure parameters and their values in a program that's invoked in that procedure? I browsed the documentation of a large number of Jxxx and Sxxx control blocks but didn't find anything that suggested this was possible. Does anybody now if (and how) this could be done? Some background information: we use a utility that reads controls cards from a sequential datasets and replaces variables in the controlcards by values. The result is wriiten to an output file that can thren be used to control a program in the next jobstep. The variables and values are passed to the utility via EXEC PARM= as a series of "field=value,field=value" pairs. This allows you to stick JCL parameter values in the control card. The problem is the maximum size of the PARM= parameter that severy limits the number of variables and the length of the values. This could be fixed if the values wouldn't have to be passed via the PARM= parameter because the utility could somehow get directly to the current JCL parameters and their values.... Thanks for any input you can give, Fred! ----------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION: The information in this electronic mail message is private and confidential, and only intended for the addressee. Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this message is strictly prohibited. Please inform the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or opening it. Messages and attachments are scanned for all viruses known. If this message contains password-protected attachments, the files have NOT been scanned for viruses by the ING mail domain. Always scan attachments before opening them. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
