Symbols in batch JCL (was: START fails no diagnostics!)

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Lizette Koehler said: Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 09:01:57 -0700 One thing I usually do with STCs that fail, is to run the STC JCL as a batch job. It would not matter if the job failed, but I would be able to see if there were any data sets that were not valid or if

Re: Symbols in batch JCL (was: START fails no diagnostics!)

2005-12-06 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:30:53 -0700, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... This technique is far less effective if the STC JCL contains system symbols. There's another good argument here for supporting symbols in batch JCL. ... For that kind of test it's a whole lot faster to stick some SET

Re: Symbols in batch JCL (was: START fails no diagnostics!)

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Patrick O'Keefe said: Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:18:55 -0600 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:30:53 -0700, Paul Gilmartin [log in to unmask] wrote: This technique is far less effective if the STC JCL contains system symbols. There's another good argument here for supporting