On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 14:39:43 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>"Within JCL, the substitution text for &JOBNAME is the name of the job 
>assigned to the address
>space in which the JCL is converted, not the name of the job being processed. 
>For instance, if
>JES2 does the conversion, &JOBNAME resolves to JES2."
> 
When you supply a quotation, it would be a courtesy if you were to identify the 
source.

Even with SYMBOLS=EXECSYS?!  How illogical!

I'm reminded of the joke about a small plane lost in a fog near Seattle.

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>From: Gadi Ben-Avi
>Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 9:02 AM
>
>How do I use the JOBNAME system symbol in a batch job and have it resolve to 
>the JOBNAME?
>
>Currently, every time I try, it resolved to JES2.

-- gil

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