Is there a way to get a mixed-case string substituted into SYSIN data using
"EXPORT SYMLIST=*" and the "DD *,SYMBOLS=(JCLONLY)" facility?
I'm trying to download files from an FTP server to z/OS using a PROC similar to
this:
//*-----------------------------------------
//FTPTEST PROC FTPFILE=
//*-----------------------------------------
//FTP EXEC PGM=FTP,REGION=4M
//XMIFILE DD DSN=SOMEFILE.XMIT,
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG),...
//*
//INPUT DD *,SYMBOLS=(JCLONLY)
blah blah blah
BINARY
GET &FTPFILE //DD:XMIFILE
QUIT
/*
// PEND
Without the EXPORT SYMLIST=*, &FTPFILE doesn't get replaced in the SYSIN:
EZA1460I Command:
EZA1736I GET &FTPFILE //DD:XMIFILE
EZA1701I >>> RETR &FTPFILE
550 &FTPFILE: No such file or directory
So with it added:
//*-------------------------------------------------------------------
//FTPTEST PROC FTPFILE=
//EXP EXPORT SYMLIST=*
// SET FTPFID=&FTPFILE
//FTP
...
...and the GET changed to:
GET &FTPFID //DD:XMIFILE
With a lower-case value in FTPFILE, the job errors out with a JCL problem
before it starts:
//FTPTEST EXEC PROC=FTPTEST,
// FTPFILE='ht.jst0c1.xmi'
In the joblog:
5 XX SET FTPFID=&FTPFILE
IEFC653I SUBSTITUTION JCL - FTPFID=ht.jst0c1.xmi
...
And:
5 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER h ON THE SET STATEMENT
5 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER t ON THE SET STATEMENT
5 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER j ON THE SET STATEMENT
..
Although with an upper-case FTP file name:
//FTPTEST EXEC PROC=FTPTEST,
// FTPFILE='HT.JST0C1.XMI'
The job runs, but of course that file doesn't exist on the FTP server so the
RETR fails:
EZA1701I >>> RETR HT.JST0C1.XMI
550 HT.JST0C1.XMI: No such file or directory
If you try changing the SET for FTPFID in the PROC to allow lower-case by using
apostrophes:
// SET FTPFID='&FTPFILE'
...that passes the string &FTPFILE as-is and the RETR fails:
EZA1701I >>> RETR &FTPFILE
550 &FTPFILE: No such file or directory
So, is there any way to get the &FTPFID in the GET command to be replaced with
a mixed-case value?
TIA,
Wendell
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