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....datasets are generated

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2017 7:37 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Problem Generating CA-7 SASSBSTR Batch LJOB Output
> 
> It's just JCL. Neither SASSBSTR or the CA-7 main program in the STC have any
> idea how the DSNAME for the input and output datasets are
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-
> [email protected]]
> > On Behalf Of Robert S. Hansel (RSH)
> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2017 6:45 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: Problem Generating CA-7 SASSBSTR Batch LJOB Output
> >
> > Hi Jeffrey,
> >
> > I did read the documentation, several times, but unbeknownst to me at
> > the time, it was the wrong version - v11.3. Your reply prompted me to
> > look for more recent documentation, and in the documentation for v12,
> > CA added the following sentence to the description of
> DSNPFX='batch.dsn.prefix.':
> > "This hlq must match the hlq for the BATCHI#x and BATCHO#x data sets
> > that are defined to the CA 7 started task."
> >
> > IMHO, it seems nonsensical that the program would let you specify a
> > prefix that didn't match the started tasks ones and not give some sort
> > of a warning or error message. Why else would you have such an option
> > if not to specify your own datasets (and perhaps this is how it worked prior
> to v12).
> >
> > Regards, Bob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Date:    Wed, 8 Mar 2017 10:43:15 -0600
> > From:    Jeffrey Holst <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: Problem Generating CA-7 SASSBSTR Batch LJOB Output
> >
> > If you read the documentation, DSNPFX must match the DSNPFX for the
> > BATCHI#n and BATCHO#n datasets that are defined to the CA7 started
> task.
> > If DSNPFX is not specified, the prefix specified for the COMMDS is used.
> > DSNPFX need only be specified if those prefixes do not match. There is
> > no intent that one can create his own BATCHI#n and BACTHO#n datasets.
> >
> > That it gives RC=0 shows it is probably working as designed, What is
> > documented is that it copies the SYSIN to the BATCHI#n dataset that
> > you specified, and puts something in the COMMDS to tell CA-7 to
> > process the BATCHI#n that it has defined. There is nothing there, so
> > it quickly writes something to its BATCHO#n and puts something in
> > COMMDS to tell your BTI that it is done processing, and with what
> > return code. (It is documented that unless there is a message table
> > defined, most results produce RC=0). Finally BTI reads your BATCHO#n
> > (which is empty) and writes it contents to SYSPRINT.
> >
> > Jeffrey Holst
> >
> > On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 14:14:37 -0500, Robert S. Hansel (RSH)
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >Greetings all,
> > >
> > >I was able to get SASSBSTR running successfully, but in the process
> > >may have discovered a bug in the program. SASSBSTR allows you to
> > >specify your own pair of BATCHIN DD and BATCHOUT DD datasets using
> > >PARM
> > DSNPFX.
> > >SASSBSTR allocates datasets for BATCHIN and BATCHOUT using the prefix
> > >specified by DSNPFX and appending .BATCHI#n and BATCHO#n ('n' is a
> > >pseudo terminal ID number). If you don't specify DSNPFX, SASSBSTR by
> > >default uses the BATCHIN and BATCHOUT datasets specified in CA7's
> > >configuration. When I run the job with my own DSNPFX, I get no output.
> > >When I use the ones in CA7's configuration, I get output as expected.
> > >Yet, the job runs successfully with
> > >RC=0 in both cases, and there are no error messages of any sort.
> > >
> > >Thank you to all who offered suggestions and advice.
> > >
> > >Regards, Bob
> > >
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> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Robert S. Hansel (RSH) [mailto:[email protected]]
> > >Sent: Friday, March 03, 2017 3:16 PM
> > >To: IBM-MAIN ([email protected])
> > >Subject: Problem Generating CA-7 SASSBSTR Batch LJOB Output
> > >
> > >Greetings all,
> > >
> > >I am trying to generate listings of job information from CA-7 with
> > >the LJOB command using the Batch Terminal Interface (BTI) program
> > >SASSBSTR (PROC CA7BTI). The job runs successfully, but the output in
> > >SYSPRINT simply shows the LJOB command I executed and not, as I'd
> > >hoped, the output from the LJOB command. I've searched the manuals
> > >and cannot figure out how to the get the output I desire and was
> > >hoping someone
> > could be of assistance. TIA.
> > >
> > >Regards, Bob
> > >
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