Don't know the answer to 'normal' but you are welcome to this FWIW
/* CONSCMD: Rexx to issue any arbitrary console command via SDSF */
rc=isfcalls('ON')
Address SDSF ,
"ISFEXEC '/" || Arg(1) || "'"
rc=isfcalls('OFF')
//stepname EXEC PGM=IRXJCL,
// PARM='CONSCMD some.console.command '
//* : : :
//* NAME OF EXEC <------>: :
//* ARGUMENT :<--------------------------->:
//SYSEXEC DD DSN=pds.where.above.stored,DISP=SHR
Charles
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Tony Thigpen
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 8:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: JCL "COMMAND" statements
I have spent most of my life as a z/VSE and z/VM systems programmer, but during
the last year, I have been managing a couple of z/OS systems in our small
outsourcing shop.
At this point, I would consider myself just a very knowledgeable, but still
novice z/OS systems programmer. So, be gentle with your replies. :-) And,
please don't laugh.
Last night/this morning, I have stumped because I noticed that some JCL set up
by a previous systems programmer was not working as it appeared it should. [At
least, until I read the manual.]
We have many jobs set up something like thus:
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//COMMD1 COMMAND 'S CICSPTOR'
//WAIT1 EXEC PGM=WAITRCAB,PARM='30' wait 30 seconds
//STEP2 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//COMMD1 COMMAND 'S CICSPDOR'
//WAIT2 EXEC PGM=WAITRCAB,PARM='30' wait 30 seconds
//STEP3 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//COMMD1 COMMAND 'S CICSPAOR1'
//COMMD1 COMMAND 'S CICSPAOR2'
//WAIT3 EXEC PGM=WAITRCAB,PARM='30' wait 30 seconds
//*
I, of course, though the commands would be synchronized with the execution JCL.
But, we were seeing timing errors that could not be corrected by just
increasing the wait timers. So, I started looking for the problem and found
that all the commands were being issued to the console before the first IEFBR14
even executed.
I was totally surprised when I found that IBM documents the COMMAND jcl card as
being processed during the JCL conversion phase and not during the execution
phase. *And* that a previous systems programmer must not have known it either.
So, now I have 2 questions for the knowledgeable people on the list:
1) Are there any other jcl statements that are executed outside the normal
execution phase?
2) What is the 'normal' method to issue console commands synchronized with the
job execution?
--
Tony Thigpen
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