On 28 May 2009 08:21:54 -0700, [email protected] (Burrell, C. Todd , CDC/OCOO/ITSO, CTR) wrote:
>I would think that running these same procs over and over in the same >job would make the &&finders file pretty useless? I would think you >would want a second step to process the &&finders file, and then delete >it before creating a new one in the same job? Or just let the user >create the SORTOUT file in the JCL with their own file names? > >I'm surprised you've not had issues with this before. But timing may >have saved you, or at least having many temp volumes? We don't have many occasions to run similar procs in the same JCL. When we have, the 2nd proc is a canned proc such as an FTP proc. I changed the names of &&finders to be unique in each proc as the simplest solution to this problem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
