For some values of complexity. In my opinion, what you want with JCL, COND and IF is more complex than splitting into two jobs.
BTW, I was pretty sure that you can't achieve your desires. I understood COND=ONLY/EVEN as global to the job. Looking closer in the manual, I see some possibilities. Consider the RUN keyword in the 17.1.4.5 Relational-Expression Keywords section of the z/OS 1.11 JCL Manual. A careful read of this section may get you near what you want. Also the ABEND=TRUE/ABEND-FALSE constructs. Try nesting the IF/ELSE for clarity, not mixing RC and ABEND in the same statement. I still think two jobs is simpler :) Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Gainsford, Allen > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 2:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: JCL: IF and ABEND > > Schwarz, Barry A said: > > > > Have you considered splitting it into two jobs. The first job would have > > everything up to the "particular" step followed by a step with COND=EVEN > to > > submit the second job. The second job would not need any special JCL > since any > > of its steps that abend would cause the remaining steps to flush. > > Yup, I've thought about it. But it adds a level of complexity to the system > that I'd rather avoid if possible. I'm looking for a simpler way. > > At this stage I'm starting to think that the simpler way may not exist, and I > may have to either live with the situation, or go with the complex way... > > Cheers, > Allen > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
