On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 19:43:58 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Well, if you introduced the concept of steps into a script language then it >shouldn't be too hard to also add the concept of passed data sets. Named >temporary data sets also shouldn't be difficult. Or you could just use, e.g., >~/temp. > With JCL, the processor generates a unique name; makes it available in subsequent steps and reliable removes it when the job completes. Not easy or even possible with UNIX facilities.
>Overrides are necessary unless you can anticipate every ad hoc change that the >user might want to make; otherwise he would have to edit the script. > Il a les défauts de ses qualités. I'm uncomfortable that someone cam mane unanticipated ad hoc changes by overrides to my read-only library PROC and complain that it doesn't work. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
