>Are you specifying "EXPORT SYMLIST" in your JCL?
That one is not needed for system symbols to become available in batch JCL. It the jobclass SYSSYM=ALLOW | DISALLOW that decides. BTW, the symbols are resolved at conversion time. The EXPORT SYMLIST is needed so that JCL symbols can be used on // DD * data. You also need SYMBOLS=JCLONLY | CNVTSYS | EXECSYS on the DD * statement. The later two enable system symbol replacement in DD * data irrespective of the SYSSYM= setting on the jobclass (IIRC). -- Peter Hunkeler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN