Yes, 'refer' for my eyes only. But no, I don't cancel after submit. I save the member with old lines copied safely to the bottom out of harm's way. JESx does not see them. They're there for my personal future reference and perhaps reuse.
. . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 4:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: JCL null statement On 2017-05-09, at 16:57, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > I've used null cards for decades to terminate the JES-readable lines is a job > stream. Rather than maintain a dozen similar job members that vary only > slightly from one run to another, I copy key but variable lines after a null > card at the bottom. I can refer to those lines or even copy them back to the > execution stream ... > Me, too. "View; make desired changes (dismiss annoying warning); SUBmit; CANcel. "refer" seems irrelevant since JES(2) never reads them. Oh! a mnemonic "refer", not a JCL "refer". > to get desired results while maintaining only one PDS member. JES(2) never > reads or echoes past the null card. > I thought I had observed otherwise (with memorable astonishment), but I can no longer exhibit an example. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
