Parentheses are inappropriate; never appropriate for blanks -- you need quotes.
Maybe too many commas? S membername[.identifier] [,[devicetype|[/]devnum][,volumeserial]] [,parameters] [,JOBNAME=jobname] [,JOBACCT=acct_info] [,SUB=subsystemname] [,REUSASID=YES] [,keyword=option[,keyword=option]...] The first two commas appear to be optional and go with their associated options. What happens if you omit them? Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Colin Paice Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 3:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: How do I issue a command with a blank in it? I've issued a command from SDSF with a blank it ,but it is not working properly. I issue /s PYT,,,'COLINs Data',p=CONSNEW and get on the system console IBMUSER 00000290 S PYT,,,'COLINs Data',P=CONSNEW - p=CONSNEW is being ignored - I am trapping the command using QEDIT, and getting "COLINs." . hex(length 0007 7DC3D6D3 C9D5A21F COLINs. It works fine with 'COLINS_DATA' The doc says *parameters: Program parameters passed to the started program. This might be a list in parentheses or a string in single quotation marks. The documentation for the started program should state which of the following techniques the program supports:* Parenthesis do not work... I get S PYT,,,(COLINS DATA) IEE307I START DELIMITER ERROR what am I missing? Colin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
