On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Clark Morris <cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> [Default] On 8 Mar 2017 07:17:56 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main > ajn...@ufl.edu (Nims,Alva John , Al) wrote: > > >My lousy $0.02 on this: > >1. 71? Column 71 is the old "Continuation" column in JCL. > >2. How would you code a 71 character DLM='-----71 Char----' when you > already have to code "//name DD DATA,DLM='..." in the JCL, I HATE having to > continue quoted strings, I never get it right! > > I think 72 is the continuation column because 73 - 80 are the sequence > number columns. > > Clark Morris > > My take on all this is that JCL should have a way to be "free format" and not restricted to FB/80 card images any more. I don't keep my JCL in PO or PO-E library, I keep it in a UNIX file. I would love to be able to do a SUBMIT where the JCL images are as long as I need them. It would really help when I need something in the PATH= on a DD where the PATH= value is real long, like /usr/lpp/internet/server_root/HealthMarkets/UserAdmin/somefile.cnf (66 chars long). -- "Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'." -- Michael McClary, in alt.fusion Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
