On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 01:40:07 +0000, Anthony Thompson <anthony.thomp...@nt.gov.au> wrote:
>Pardon for getting the input wrong. New JCL: >//<jobcard stuff> >// EXPORT SYMLIST=* >// SET TEST='THIS IS THE VALUE OF THE SUBSTITUTED STRING.' >//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER >//SYSUT1 DD DATA,SYMBOLS=JCLONLY,DCB=LRECL=222 > This is a test of symbol use in instream data sets. Test here: &TEST >/* >//SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(,) >//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=(,) >//SYSIN DD DUMMY > >I'm supposing you used the TSO SUBMIT command to submit the job. A foible of >TSO SUBMIT is that it doesn't do input greater than 80 characters. > Actually, I used FTP which allows up to 254. >So you've got an 80-byte SYSUT1 input but you're telling the system it's >really 222 bytes. Bang. I/O error. > Is there any documented restriction I'm violating? Since I see none, I'm pressing my SR for an APAR. What was your RECFM. Try it with RECFM=VB. >I put the same JCL above into a dataset with LRECL 222 and submitted it to an >internal reader via IEBGENER (ICEGENER). Job Finished with RC 0. > It seems that the only thing one can specify as LRECL is what it already is. Why is the option explicitly supported? Actually, by experiment, it's very complicated. Which is why I have an RCF in asking for a detailed explanation, and why IBM has been unable to supply the information for 15 months. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
