cc to Reader Comment Form <[email protected]> In <[email protected]>, on 08/14/2014 at 12:07 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> said:
>AMBLIST; I see in: > > http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v2r1/topic/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieav100/ambjcl.htm > Specifying the JCL statements > z/OS MVS Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids > GA32-0905-00 >Anyname DD > Defines an input data set. This statement may define a z/OS® > UNIX System Services file. If so, the complete path name, > including the file name, must be specified. >And elsewhere in the same publication: > > http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v2r1/topic/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieav100/loadspt.htm > LISTLOAD control statement > z/OS MVS Diagnosis: Tools and Service Aids > GA32-0905-00 > ... >DDN=ddname > Identifies the DD statement that defines the data set containing > the input object module. If the DDN= parameter is omitted, > AMBLIST will assume SYSLIB as the default ddname. > ... >MEMBER={member|(member1,membern...)} > Identifies the input load module or program object by member > name or alias name. > ... > If the DD name associated with this operation is allocated > to a z/OS® UNIX System Services directory, there must also > be a MEMBER parameter specifying the file or files in that directory. >Is there a conflict here? The wording is a bit awkward, but I don't see an actual conflict. >The former passage seems to say I must specify a fully qualified >filename; I read that as meaning an absolute file name rather than a name relative to the current working directory. Where I see problems are: 1. "data set containing the input object module." The wording should make it explict that a directory is taken to contain the files that it lists, even though they are not physically in the directory. 2. "by member name or alias name" Better would be "by member name, alias name or Unix file name" IAC, I agree that the wording could be clearer and am sending this message as an RCF. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
