Hi Kees "Have I defined it"? In a SET statement you mean? I didn't think you had to, LYYMMDD is a system-defined dynamic symbol, isn't it?
Sean On 6 June 2018 at 15:36, Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM < [email protected]> wrote: > I only get this error if the variable has not been defined. Have you > defined it? > > Kees. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Rob Schramm > > Sent: 06 June, 2018 16:29 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Use of dynamic system symbols in JCL > > > > You need 2 dots after symbol.. otherwise nodeis GT 8 characters > > > > Rob > > > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018, 10:27 AM Sean Gleann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Can anyone point out what I'm doing wrong here, please? > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to create a file with a name that features today's date. > > > My statement is: > > > //OUTFILE DD DSN=BACKUP.USERDALY.D&LYYMMDD.TER, > > > // DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),SPACE=(TRK,(600,600),RLSE), > > > // DSORG=PS,RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=27648,LRECL=1024 > > > > > > When I submit the job to the system, I get: > > > > > > IEFC627I INCORRECT USE OF AMPERSAND IN THE DSN FIELD > > > > > > I've tried numerous variants of this statement, but I always get the > > same > > > failure. > > > I'm almost certainly doing something stupid, but right now I can't see > > the > > > wood for the trees... > > > > > > > > > Help... Please... > > > > > > Sean Gleann > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > > > > Rob Schramm > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ******************************************************** > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain > confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If > you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or > any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other > action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may > be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the > sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its > employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission > of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch > Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered > number 33014286 > ******************************************************** > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
