Hello there, I find the last sample provided by Peter very effective, because it does not involve any programs and use pure, sole JCL. However, I don't understand why you need to EXPORT and SET the variables first. Let me explain. On a z/OS 2.1 this works:
//H2PC EXEC PGM=FTP,PARM='(EXIT' //OUTPUT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD *,SYMBOLS=EXECSYS mypc mypw put MY.DSNAME myfile_&sysname..txt Symbol &sysname is resolved, no need to code EXPORT or SET in JCL. The same work for another variable like &jday. But the same does NOT work if I code put MY.DSNAME myfile_&ldate..<ime..txt Both &ldate and <ime do not get resolved. Grateful if someone can explain why. Walter Marguccio z/OS Systems Programmer BELENUS LOB Informatic GmbH Munich - Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
