Is there really a requirement for a JCL statement to be 80 columns? When I
go into SDSF, and do SJ (I think) on a job, I go into an edit session that
extracts the JCL that submitted the job. If I scroll to the right, the
image is actually 251 or 255 bytes wide. Since I'm not working right now, I
can't give the exact number. Then, while editing this wide over 80 byte
thing, I can submit it, and it will run just as the original did.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
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From: "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This is a blue sky idea for discussion. It is not a request to IBM. But
it derives from an earlier thread on the short comings of the current
JCL. So, I was just thinking of possible enhancements which should not
affect the "internal text" or only do so minimally. Just some idea. I'll
try to organize them logically, but no guarantees.
1) Remove the "card image" requirement. JCL basically starts with a //
in columns 1-2 and is 80 bytes long for a single line. So, my first
desire is to remove this requirement. I would prefer that JCL be VB.
There would be no sequence numbering at all.
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