On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 14:02:20 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
>...
>??? Please explain that. Do you mean, you want to add the members as an input 
>into that JCL? Why not just concatenate them using some DD statements?
> ...
>Why not use a [concatenated] DD refering to the source of that data in that 
>flat file / PDs / members of that PDS?
> 
Me, too.  But this thread inspired me to RTFM, where I see:

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.ikjc500/ikj2l2_SUBMIT_command_operands.htm
Note [brightly highlighed]
    All characters in the job stream are converted to uppercase
    before being processed.

WTF!?  Does that mean that if I SUBMIT a job containing:
    //SYSUT1  DD  *
    This is Mixed Case text.
The effect is the same as:
    //SYSUT1  DD  *
    THIS IS MIXED CASE TEXT.

I don't remember it that way, but I confess I can't remember having
tried it.  Lately I've submitted only via FTP or copy to INTRDR.  But
is a clarification RCF in order?

I'd advocate RFEs for a
o    SUBMIT FROMDDNAME(...) option
o    Removing the Fixed-80 restriction, relaxed for JES2 circa z/OS 1.5
     and for JESZ3 far earlier, but lingering in TSO/ISPF submit.

-- gil

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