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-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2025 12:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Limit to length of PARM= on a START command? Exactly how does one do that on a START command? On Thu, 8 May 2025 11:54:44 -0500 Steve Beaver <[email protected]> wrote: :>A nonblack char in 72 and continue in column 16. But it all needs to be in single quotes :> :> :>Sent from my iPhone :> :>No one said I could type with one thumb :> :>> On May 8, 2025, at 11:43, Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> wrote: :>> :>> ?How? :>> :>> On Thu, 8 May 2025 11:31:56 -0500 Steve Beaver :>> <[email protected]> wrote: :>> :>> :>You can do a continuation :>> :> :>> :> :>> :> :>> :> :>> :>-----Original Message----- :>> :>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On :>> :>Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen :>> :>Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2025 11:24 AM :>> :>To: [email protected] :>> :>Subject: Limit to length of PARM= on a START command? :>> :> :>> :>Interesting. There is a limit to the length of PARM= on a START statement. :>> :>The :>> :>maximum length appears to be related to the JCL statement :>> :> :>> :>// PARM= :>> :> :>> :>where the parm has to fit up to column 71 (71-8)=63). :>> :> :>> :>Didn't find this documented. :>> :>> -- :>> Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> :>> http://www.dissensoftware.com :>> :>> Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel :>> :>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- :>> 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 -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
