I had assumed that START would accept spaces as long as they are framed in apostrophes, but the OS/360 documentation only mentions parentheses. I've submitted an RCF, citing REPLY and SEND as commands that definitely accept embedded spaces.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Colin Paice [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 8, 2022 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How do I issue a command with a blank in it? Thanks to everyone who answered. I'll raise the RCF. If I issue the start... command on the console (non sdsf) it loses the stuff after the blank. If I use f PYT,'COLIN D3ta' it is fine. I was doing it as a unit test, and I do not think most people know this capability exists. Colin On Fri, 8 Jul 2022 at 18:03, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > Time for an RCF; embedded blanks are bog common in, e.g., SEND. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf > of Bill Godfrey [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 8, 2022 12:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How do I issue a command with a blank in it? > > On this page of the z/OS MVS System Commands manual, under "operands" it > says "no embedded blanks". > It refers to commands in general, not just the "start" command. > > > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fdocs%2Fen%2Fzos%2F2.5.0%3Ftopic%3Dformats-typical-format&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7Cdcef3e3e3ad444ee16d308da61048926%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637928969363870418%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YVKRjLboCL03ylXovMwjwpl1mDyb6I%2FZx6frqMFWz0M%3D&reserved=0 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
