If you are using an ACB for job submission it terminates the stream, thus generating a job number, without closing the file. So you can keep the file open for further job submission. Strangely enough, although /*EOF is not a JES3 JECL statement, it works on JES3 as well.
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw https://rsclweb.com ‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.’ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: 24 June 2021 22:12 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ISPF Edit: Introduce New SUBMIT Module On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:28:18 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: > >It is easy to copy some or all of the data to an internal reader, followed by >a '/*EOF'. ... > I've never needed a '/*EOF'. What's it good for? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
