I am curious, what are you doing for ALIAS definitions? In batch I can run TSO and use the Rename Function with ALIAS keyword. Then I can add comments to that.
To create AUXMEM as an alias for MEMBER1 of data set PREFIX.TEST.DATA, enter: RENAME test.data(member1) test.data(auxmem) ALIAS or RENAME test.data(member1) (auxmem) ALIAS Or do you need to add an alias to a dataset? Then I might use IDCAMS with SYMBOLICRELATE. Can you show us what you are working with? Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 11:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IEBGENER SYSIN Comments? > > On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:25:49 -0600, Bill Woodger wrote: > > >If you only need to be able to differentiate, how about using the "label"? > Starting in column one and extending all the way to column eight if you need > it, just make a reference (more contracted than your comment may have been > intended to be) to each particular execution. > > > If the rest of the record is blank, I get RC=12; > IEB339I COMMAND MISSING PRECEDING COL.71 > > The best approach seems to be using a mostly harmless command (reasserting a > default) and comment in the rest of the line. > > >What functionality of IEBGENER are you using? > > > o Simple copy; no editing; no Alias, plus > > o Copying attributed from SYSUT1 (which I can't control) to SYSUT2. > > > On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 12:22:22 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: > >> > > >> ... But I have used > >> them to create aliases in batch JCL. Is there a better way? > > > >There are other ways, but if IEBGENER works for your task, then that's > >great. I'd probably be more inclined to use IEBUPDTE, but the syntax > >is completely different, and may not be suitable for your purposes. And > >I doubt it supports comments either (I didn't check). > > > o Does IEBUPDTE restrict me to fixed-80? > > o Does IEBUPDTE require control records before/after the data, which > requires an existing file be copied to a temporary data set to insert > them? > > o Does IEBUPDTE tolerate data records which may contain "./" in the first > two columns? > > o Does IEBUPDTE require sequence numbers? > > >Bottom line is your usage and desire for commenting ability are > >perfectly valid. Just don't think you're going to get much traction on it. > > -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
