>> Is that true? My understanding has been that a single ampersand identifies >> a temporary data set name, and the additional ampersand is used to prevent >> symbol substitution.
Gil, Page 168 in the JCL reference https://www-40.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R5sa231385?OpenDocument In general, the system treats a single ampersand (&) followed by a character string of 1 to 8 characters as a symbolic parameter. (See “Using system symbols and JCL symbols” on page 35.) However, if you code a data set name as a symbolic parameter (by coding DSNAME=&xxxxxxxx), and do not assign a value to or nullify the symbolic parameter, the system will process it as a temporary data set name. Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
