> I don't think SUBMIT * works in REXX as it would in CLIST No; a CLIST operates from the stack and can do things that REXX can't support.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of John McKown <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 7:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: JCL to include data On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 2:33 PM Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > 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://secure-web.cisco.com/1bX2diunCOX0oboKQRuXDIqwfibyBLGLujz9ZLvUhn_vYzHZ-q2u1ukOba-TGpiivH5b1xQ6Jox92I8a0zCX_8CD_YzhJCiwuKdnU5OAwMv2QLEgunimUgN3eD5vjVqjN7D1p_6zCqTxdAWS2q7FIFKiBBMRdR_SFesVQmHJDDBaRXFA7lBn2hBNiKJ810CO6Gya0Gw31S44yw4ktKg8w8ZAbzeFiVXhgD4l96GwsABRvQdCdDTPeepLo-MG0rrksF_43b436Sgn7RH_qY3vPJOg9sQiFEKoGH17O3NsfBNMvaFeb3DGGvvpig9lMcWwb1sxIBubId-d79YSKOaIsGlYl3puehPm01kR3dS4X9PQR1t42klwHWhi7EENRdRkgeaXG5iZoqUO8vpmnHAjQ1NOkRyDtod5YykaHCxaBXGPLAod21-9ExoQDKdVSwKXN/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fsupport%2Fknowledgecenter%2Fen%2FSSLTBW_2.3.0%2Fcom.ibm.zos.v2r3.ikjc500%2Fikj2l2_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. > As I read it, the translation to upper case only occurs when you do SUBMIT * to read the JCL from the terminal or when it is embedded in the CLIST (I don't think SUBMIT * works in REXX as it would in CLIST). > > 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. > That would be nice, but the likelihood of IBM doing any enhancements to TSO is about as likely as them releasing MVS/XA to the hobbists to use with Hercules. There are two chances: FAT and SLIM. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise. -- Larry Wall Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
