On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:00:50 -0800, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote:
>Yeah, the fact that you can't code &SYSNAME in JCL seems pretty lame. Seems pretty lame, at least on the surface. Since JOB C/I and execution are not guaranteed to happen on the same system in a MAS, if the value for a given symbol is different on each, when do you want to resolve the symbol? Some will say "at C/I", others will say "at execution". Since the entire z/OS user community will not likely ever agree, IBM cannot unilaterally implement a resolution. Either way will cause a large share of customers significant grief. For STCs, C/I and execution happen on the same system (in JES2 at least), so you can safely use system symbols in STC JCL, as many of us do, extensively. Regards, Art Gutowski Ford Motor Company ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
