On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:51:48 -0400, Bill Ashton wrote:
>
>Today's question (I think I already know the answer is 'no') - Is there a
>way in native JCL to take a PARM and make an output file from it? For
>example, I would like to use a set statement or a PARM= symbolic to
>generate the name of the load module for my LKED step. ...
>
Be _very_ patient. In z/OS 2.1 you will be able to substitute symbols
in instream data sets, likely giving you the facility you need.
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=877&letternum=ENUSZP13-0013
You may like or dislike the treatment of blanks, discussed last month
in these pages.
There are numerous hacks to do this in the meantime; some likely
on cbttape.org.
-- gil
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