Gil, Yes, you're right. I have in the past I have scanned the card image file before sending and then built JCL which uses a DLM value which is OK. Lennie
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: 31 August 2022 13:56 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Automation of the TSO RECEIVE command On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:12:12 +0100, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw wrote: >The TSO commands TRANSMIT and RECEIVE are very useful for moving data >around, particularly as TRANSMIT produces an 80-byte LRECL which works >easily with in-stream JCL. > But there's a hazard. The encoded data might by happenstance contain "//" in the first two positions of a record, breaking the in-stream data set. You can demonstrate this by TRANSMITting a file containing many "/" characters. It's safer if you use "DATA,DLM='U5ZMw0Di'", for example in JES2. In JES3, you're SOL. ( I used "head -c6 /dev/random | uuencode -m x".) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
