On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 18:06:01 +0000, Lennie Bradshaw wrote: >Paul Gilmartin said, >>> And no DLM is safe to use with instream XMIT output. << > >True. However, for any given stream there is ahigh likelihood of finding a 2 >char symbols that would work for that stream. I wrote a program to scan files >to find a suitable delimiter string to use some years back. I've lost it now >of course! > Which doesn't address the problem of IEBUPDTE when a data record begins with "./"/
Does anyone claim it's possible? As for finding a delimiter for JCL, I'd SORT UNIQUE on columns 1-2; inspect the median value. If it's high, iterate using the top half; if low, iterate using the bottom half. >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Gilmartin >Sent: 14 April 2024 14:04 > >On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 20:01:50 -0500, Mike Schwab wrote: > >>You nan set it up for a //SYSIN DD DATA,DLM='??' and add the >>'?? ' >>Card at the end. >> >That's not enough. If the input PDS contains a member with a line beginning >with "./", which is likely in JCL with instream data, IEBUPDTE will improperly >treat it as a command, not data. > >A similar problem arises if a data line begins with "??". > >And no DLM is safe to use with instream XMIT output. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
