On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:23:06 -0500, J R wrote: >"A hyphen is a valid character in a catalogued data set name. > A data set name that contains a hyphen must be enclosed > in apostrophes if it is used as a DCB subparameter." > And that one surprised me. I needed to try it to persuade myself it's true. I had long believed that data set names enclosed in apostrophes were not eligible for catalog processing. I guess that applies to DSN=, but not to DCB=.
And if I include an invalid (well, lower case) character in the data set name, I get IEF212I, which seems to be a catalog error, not a JCL syntax error. <Sigh> Emerson. Conway. </Sigh> How's your parser/syntax checker coming along, Ed? -- 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
