In the JCLIN? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David Spiegel Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 6:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Variables in SMP/E JCLIN records?
Hi Phil, Try this: // EXPORT SYMLIST=* // SET USSPATH='/u/etc/' //GENER01 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSUT1 DD *,SYMBOLS=JCLONLY LIBRARY '&USSPATH.lib.a' //SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=* On 2025-11-18 18:13, Phil Smith III wrote: > As those who have been following along will remember (i.e., probably nobody, > as you have your own fish to fry) I've been trying to simplify our product > installation process by centralizing variables in a JCLLIB member. This went > on hold for a while but now we're trying to finish it up, and are hitting a > problem that I'm hoping someone will have a hint about. Apologies where I use > incorrect terminology; please do correct me! > > The F1 relfile is the JCLIN data. Ours includes: > //SYSLIN DD * > LIBRARY '&USSPATH.lib/libsapi.a' > > That's not getting substituted, even if we add ",SYMBOLS=(JCLONLY,JESJCL)" to > the DD. > > Is this some limitation that we've hit, where even though that sure looks > like JCL, it doesn't get processed the same way "regular" JCL would? > > Say it ain't so...! > > Thanks for any hints/tips. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email [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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
