Looks like there are a few examples on the CBTTAPE. File 573: IEFUJV exit for System Symbolic substitution in JCL FILE 785: Substitute system symbols into JCL - K-H Doppelfeld
Rob On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. Your reply crossed in the mail with my follow-up. > > FWIW in the case in question I am not using SVC 99 directly but rather using > C fopen(); > > Yeah, the fact that you can't code &SYSNAME in JCL seems pretty lame. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 6:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: System symbols in dynamic allocation > > In <031b01cbd2c6$62366280$26a32780$@org>, on 02/22/2011 > at 11:26 AM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> said: > >>Do the same restrictions on static system symbols exist for dynamic >>allocation as exist for JCL in the same environment > > I've seen no documentation for such a restriction, and the excuses IBM > gave for not allowing arbitrary system symbols in batch JCL do not > apply to execution time. > >>That seems to be what I am seeing but I don't see that restriction > > I would create a PMR. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- Rob Schramm Senior Systems Engineer w: 513.305.6224 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

