On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:08:36 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: > >Actually, JCLIN works no matter what the data set LLQ is. When you code >JCLIN, you specify the DDDEF (or DD) names *as* LLQs. You never specify >any *real* LLQs. > That seems clearer and more logical than what I thought I understood from the SMP/E RM. We'll see who's right.
>SYMBOLICRELATE is an entirely different concept. It is called _extended >alias_ support and allows you to refer to one data set using an >alternate name. I agree this appears to be a good way to achieve the >desired objective using existing operating system facilities. > >However, when I experimented with this a while back, I found that it >worked as expected only when the HLQs of the base name and alias were >the same -- or more precisely -- expected to be in the same catalog. > Me, too. >I created a file called 'MYUID.BASE' and used SYMBOLICRELATE to create >'SYS1.ALIAS.OF.BASE'. In my environment, data sets starting with MYUID >are cataloged in a user catalog. Data sets starting with SYS1 are >cataloged in the master catalog. Try as I might, I could not figure out >how to get the system to see 'SYS1.ALIAS.OF.BASE' as an alias of >'MYUID.BASE'. (Perhaps I overlooked something.) > WAD. I ranted about this in this list a while back. My expectations/desires matched yours, and I asked why the catalog search was not simply redriven from the beginning with the RELATED name so it would look in the directory actually containing that name. The modal reaction from the partisans was approximately "I pity the fool ... If that were done, catalog search might loop, or IPL might be impossible, or it would be incompatible with existing art ..." Or the universe might collapse into a black hole. I was and remain unmoved by the explanations. Loops can be terminated with counters. Reviews and audits can detect, anticipate, and avoid configuration errors that preclude IPL. Etc. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
