Just a side comment, you may be in the minority putting DISP first, but the minority isn't tiny; my observation is that a lot of folks do it. I sometimes do myself -- I like making parms line up, it often makes them easier to read -- but alas, my habit is still to put it after the DSN. Always in the same order, in fact, so I guess I have a "standard" even though it's peculiar to me:
//DDNAME DD DSN=DATA.SET.NAME,DISP=(,CATLG), // DCB=(DSORG=PS,RECFM=VB,LRECL=1028[,BLKSIZE=half-tracK]), // [UNIT=something,]SPACE=(CYL,(5,20),RLSE) Yeah, I still do DCB=(...). I learned JCL forty years ago. I hear it's no longer needed, but I'm used to it. Sue me. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* When I heated my home with oil, I used an average of 800 gallons a year. I have found that I can keep comfortably warm for an entire winter with slightly over half that quantity of beer. -Dave Barry, _Postpetroleum Guzzler_ */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 08:32 JED provides complete JCL validation, reformatting and enforcement of JCL standards. ... What's a "standard" Suppose a site has a standard for naming job steps. Can it enforce that? Or only "standards" in the view of the JED author. In DD statements I habitually code DISP as the first option. I may be in a minority. Does JED enforce ordering of options? Might it require or prohibit "DCB=(...)"? (is ""DCB=(...)" ever needed nowadays? I still see it coded on occasion.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
