Paul Gilmartin wrote: <re use of SET symbols> >Why not? Is it because the substitutions must be made both in >JCL statements and in SYSIN lines? Would SYSIN SYMBOLS= be an >answer? (But can you rely on all users having a suitably recent >z/OS?)
Right, no, I can't. <re updating through other means> >Or supply an Edit macro or a Tailoring script to automate the changes? >Overkill if only one member needs to be changed (and they get it right >on the first attempt); more valuable if multiple members need to be >changed. It's just the one place. And personally, I'd rather make a change this small myself, so I know what's going on, rather than letting some tool do it, which will be fine until it screws up and leaves me high and dry... >For private use, I wrap JCL in UNIX shell scripts. That is unlikely >to fly with our customers. Ditto! Thanks. ...phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
