On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 14:13:18 +0000, Pommier, Rex wrote:
>Hi Bob,
>I'm in your boat but trying to transition to Gil's. :-) Much easier to
>change DSN if it's the last parameter on the line.
>
... Or on a separate continuation line, which I sometimes prefer.
And I've wished for a JCL NULL option to make editing JCL with a macro easier.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Bridges
>Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 8:57 AM
>
>Yeah, I still do DCB=(...). I learned JCL forty years ago. I hear it's no
>longer needed, but I'm used to it. Sue me.
>
In early days of OMVS I showed a co-worker:
You can code "//SYSUT1 DD PATH='some.path',FILEDATA=TEXT,
// RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=800"
But don't you mean "DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=800)"
No. You can't do that.
He persisted and got a syntax error.
-- gil
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