On 2015-07-29, at 09:59, Skeldum, William wrote:
> A symbolic symbol can be defined as: 'NULL='.
> I then defined an alias as follows:
> DEFINE ALIAS (NAME(TEST.NEW.JCL.CNTL) SYMBOLICRELATE(TEST.&NULL.JCL.CNTL))
> When I reference TEST.NEW.JCL.CNTL in DSLIST (ISPF 3.4) TEST.JCL.CNTL is
> displayed.
>
Thanks for the research. I haven't the entitlement to create a
symbolic symbol in my systemic system.
Yaaay!
o Hmmm... That ought to be a standard feature, just like DSN NULLFILE.
(Does NULLFILE appear in a catalog?)
o Nice: it swallows the terminating "." so you don't get "TEST..JCL.CNTL".
o Must a symbol replace an entire qualifier, or part of one, such as
"SYMBOLICRELATE(TEST.J&NULL.CL.CNTL)"?
o Is the SYMBOLICRELATE name limited to 44 characters before substitution,
or only after substitution?
-- gil
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