Only put an extra dot after the symbol. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2025 12:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FTP dataset issue (using today's date) External Message: Use Caution On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:19:51 -0500, Peter Ten Eyck wrote: >This works: > ...>//SYSIN DD * >BIN >CD /CMOD/ANI/load >PUT 'SPD2.RACF.ZEKE.RACFGRP' + > 'CTLD.ZEJRFGRP.ANI_90D_3YR_AGT.RCKX...&YYMMDD..00000000.ARD' >QUIT >//* As opposed to: >//SYSIN DD *,SYMBOLS=JCLONLY >BIN >CD /CMOD/ANI/load >PUT 'SPD2.RACF.ZEKE.RACFGRP' + > CTLD.ZEJRFGRP.ANI_90D_3YR_AGT.RCKX..&TODAY.00000000.ARD >QUIT >//* Multiple dots (.. or ...) before &TODAY? Of course substitution swallowed one following dot. why was it different if you performed the substitution earlier? Was the target a UNIX path? What does "logging-DDname" show? <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=sp-syntax-6> -- gill ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
