in Assembler, the SETPRT macro can be issued against a DCB writing SYSOUT it's literally a decade since I wrote the relevant bit of code but I think what you do is more or less
SETPRT dcbaddr,DISP=SCHEDULE Dunno of any facility in a HLL to do this ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andy Robertson telephone mobile 0777 214 9545 home 01308 420797 -----IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote: ----- To: [email protected] From: "Turriff, Leslie" <[email protected]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Date: 10/20/2011 04:42PM Subject: Re: Segmenting an output spool file in z/OS - 2nd attempt Well, I don't know how I missed that; guess I was concentrating on the OUTPUT statement. Would there be any way to do that dynamically from within the program writing the spool file? I know how to do it with VSE/Power... Leslie Turriff -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:38 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Segmenting an output spool file in z/OS - 2nd attempt Leslie, Look at the segment sub-parameter of the dd statement in the JCL Reference manual. -----Original Message----- From: Turriff, Leslie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Segmenting an output spool file in z/OS - 2nd attempt Hi, I know that in z/VM and z/VSE I can break a large output spool file into several segments. I've Googled, and looked through the z/OS JCL Reference and User Guide and the JES2 Introduction and Commands manuals, but I can't find an equivalent mechanism for z/OS. Perhaps a different term is used in z/OS, and I'm looking for the wrong thing? Leslie Turriff State of Missouri Information Technology Services Division ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ********************************************************************** This email is confidential and may contain copyright material of the John Lewis Partnership. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and delete all copies of this message. (Please note that it is your responsibility to scan this message for viruses). Email to and from the John Lewis Partnership is automatically monitored for operational and lawful business reasons. ********************************************************************** John Lewis plc Registered in England 233462 Registered office 171 Victoria Street London SW1E 5NN Websites: http://www.johnlewis.com http://www.waitrose.com http://www.johnlewis.com/insurance http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

