-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Joel C. Ewing >Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 11:06 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers ><Snipped> >I share your celebration of the IF Statement; although I have been bit >on one occasion by a non-intuitive behavior of IF statements as well: >the first EXEC in a JOB is always unconditionally executed no matter >what (which precludes using SET symbols and a leading IF to control >selective skipping of the first step, which seems a reasonable thing to >try just based on syntax)
Which is easily resolved by always using a "first step" of PGM=IEFBR14. In many production JCL standards, the "first step" must always be the scheduler package startup routine anyway (e.g., CA11) which must execute to keep the scheduler in control, so the problem (almost) never occurs in a "production" JCL. Peter -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
