On the other hand they can be passed to another job via the internal reader specified with the SYMBOLS parameter. For example, //INTRDR DD *,SYMLIST=* It could make sense in this instance.
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw https://rsclweb.com ‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.’ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: 18 October 2023 22:28 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Programatically setting JCL symbols On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:18:05 -0500, Charles Hardee wrote: > >Thanks in advance for anyone that can shed light on the subject. > >Is there a mechanism for setting a JCL type variable from within a program? > I hope you can't. JCL symbols are elaborated by the Converter, before a program executes. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiotimoline> -- 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
