On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:32:33 +0100, Peter Hunkeler wrote:
>
>>> Advantage: You can user JCL symbols (and if your jobclass allows it, also
>>> system symbols) in the UNIX commands.
>>>
>> With z/OS 2.1 and higher.
>> Jobclass?
>> Are system symbols considered secret/sensitive?
>
>I guess, no. I imagine this is more to be able to selectively switch this
>feature on to protect from side effects in existing JCL.
>
Dammit! As I said before, ab ovo an apparent reference to an undefined symbol
such as:
//SYSUT2 DD DISP=(,PASS),DSN=&SYSUT2
... should have been treated as a syntax error.
(Shmuel has pointed out that the behavior can't be introduced now;
it would break vast amounts of existing JCL.)
-- gil
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