Many moons ago, when I was a trainee programmer I asked my senior programmer why IBM couldn't just get rid of JCL. He laughed. I was serious, still am 45 years later.
On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 7:25 AM Tom Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > Whew! Then I'm lucky I never really wrote any JCL - I always copy > something similar. In fact, if JCL had DNA I bet most could be traced > back to a single IEBGENER job, formed in a tide pool eons ago. > > On 12/22/2020 11:14 AM, Hobart Spitz wrote: > > You can do it in batch REXX. > > > > Stop being brain-dead and thinking about everything in terms of JCL. > > > > I've don't write JCL anymore. > > > > JCL causes brain-damage. > > > > > > On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, Jousma, David < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I would build the JCL, and then FTP it with the filetype below. That > >> will submit and run the job. > >> > >> SITE FILEtype=JES NOJESGETBYDSN > >> put your.modified.jcl. > >> > >> ____________________________________________________________ > >> _________________________________________ > >> Dave Jousma > >> AVP | Director, Technology Engineering > >> > >> Fifth Third Bank | 1830 East Paris Ave, SE | MD RSCB2H | Grand > >> Rapids, MI 49546 > >> 616.653.8429 | fax: 616.653.2717 > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf > >> Of Fred Kaptein > >> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 12:11 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Build and submit proc > >> > >> **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** > >> > >> **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or > >> unexpected emails** > >> > >> Hello, > >> I would like to build a JCL batch job called BACKUPS, that does the > >> following: > >> 1) STEP01 > >> Create a JCL proc in MYLIB.PROCLIB(BKUP) > >> 2) STEP02 > >> Execute the proc MYLIB.PROCLIB(BKUP) > >> > >> My testing finds that STEP02 runs the proc in MYLIB.PROCLIB(BKUP) that > was > >> built prior to submitting job BACKUPS. > >> > >> Is there a way to do these two steps in one job and not two? > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email > >> to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN **CAUTION > >> EXTERNAL EMAIL** > >> > >> **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or > >> unexpected emails** > >> > >> This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and > may > >> be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. > If > >> you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or > disseminate > >> it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, > >> copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is > >> prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the > sender > >> that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from > your > >> computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is > appreciated. > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
