Very old trick I learned from an IBMer (who actually help write part OS/360)
//MYJOB JOB //NORUN EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,COND=ONLY //STEP2 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 The NORUN step will be flushed (not run). //TESTRUN JOB (H00000I),MCKOWN,CLASS=Z,MSGCLASS=X,NOTIFY=&SYSUID //IEFBR14 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,COND=ONLY //STEP2 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //* 12.14.14 JOB54628 $HASP373 TESTRUN STARTED - INIT 20 - CLASS Z - SYS LIH1 12.14.14 JOB54628 IEF403I TESTRUN - STARTED - TIME=12.14.14 12.14.14 JOB54628 - --TIMINGS (MINS.)-- -----PAGING COUNTS---- 12.14.14 JOB54628 -STEPNAME PROCSTEP RC EXCP CONN TCB SRB CLOCK SERV WORKLOAD PAGE SWAP VIO SWAPS 12.14.14 JOB54628 -IEFBR14 FLUSH 0 0 .00 .00 .0 0 TESTBATC 0 0 0 0 12.14.14 JOB54628 -STEP2 00 9 3 .00 .00 .0 19 TESTBATC 0 0 0 0 12.14.14 JOB54628 IEF404I TESTRUN - ENDED - TIME=12.14.14 12.14.14 JOB54628 -TESTRUN ENDED. NAME-MCKOWN TOTAL TCB CPU TIME= .00 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME= .0 12.14.14 JOB54628 $HASP395 TESTRUN ENDED On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 11:44 AM, John McDowell <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > > You got me there :-) I should have been more careful setting my > constraints, let me try again :-) > > How do you suppress the execution of the 1st step in a job using existing > JCL facilities without modifying the JOB statement ? > > John McDowell > > > Riddle me this grasshopper; How do you suppress the execution of the 1st > > step in a job using existing JCL facilities ? > > > >Jobcard ... RESTART=STEP2 > > > >Dan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough hunchbacks. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
