On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:30:31 -0600, Frank Swarbrick wrote: > >>> >>>And the JCL to execute the proc would be this: >>>//COMPILE EXEC PROC=IGYWC,LNGPRFX=IGY, >>>// CLIB1='FJS.PDSE.COBOL' >>> >>Or, the user could supply overrides. > >I'm not sure what you mean here. That is an example of a user override. > I meant the user could supply overriding DD statements rather than overriding symbolic parameters. Could then supply attributes, VOL=SER, etc.
>>Three ought to be enough -- ISPF only allows three and >>ISPF is never wrong. > >! :-) > >Does anyone out there actually use the ISPF supplied compile screen? >Before I got involved with the z/OS stuff a co-worker had already >written a REXX panel for our compiles for us to use, so I haven't much >looked at the ISPF supplied ones. > I was thinking not only of compile, but of Edit, Browse, anything that provides a short data set list. >>I hate JCL! > >What gets me is that there seem to be so many good things, but most of >them don't work like I think they should. > It's almost OK if you don't mind counterintuitive. >One thing that we probably could do is have the REXX exec generate the >entire JCL stream. No pre-built proc at all. I'm not excited about >that, though, as I think it's probably easier to debug the proc. But I >haven't looked at the REXX exec as it is now, so who knows. > I generate more JCL with Rexx than I type directly. And even more with shell scripts and awk. The drawback is that I wind up with two processes where one should suffice, and the top-level process can't easily determine completion status from the subordinate steps. for my particular concerns, it would be a boon if DYNALLOC supported keys necessary to create multi-file tapes, such as VOL=REF, RETAIN, and DEFER. Hmmm. How does SMP/E access relative files when my JCL only allocates the first data set on a tape? -- 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
