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.
>
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