The semi-colon ';' is invalid in JCL, (always has been). It should have been a
period. '.'
Thus &&&& is invalid.
<snip>
By experiment, what you say is true. I'm considerably surprised.
So, then, why do I get:
8 //DDFOUR DD DISP=(,PASS),DSN=&&&&FOUR,UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(1,0)
STMT NO. MESSAGE
8 IEFC627I INCORRECT USE OF AMPERSAND IN THE DSN FIELD
By JCL rules, two ampersands represent one ampersand, so four ampersands
represent two ampersands, and "&&FOUR" is a valid temp DSN.
</snip>
DEAL WITH IT!
<snip>
I hate JCL!
</snip>
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