Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>RECEIVE is extraordinarily ill-suited to automation:
>o The user has no a priori control over which spool file will be RECEIVEd.
>o The user must be present to reply to a prompt.
That is very true. JES2 simply gives to you what it seemed to be the first. I
could not find the reason/algorithm for how RECEIVE and JES2 decide what to
present to the receiver.
I recommend using FTP instead of XMIT/RECEIVE for another reason - Speed and no
filling up of JES2 spool.
>TSO developers (are there any such?) would do well to learn from CMS.
>How about: RECEIVE [JOB(jobID[.dsid])] [REPLY('reply-string')]
Well, ask IBM [formally of course]! Perhaps they can review your suggestion.
Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht
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