On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 08:35:19 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
>
>>So apparently I can code:
>
>> //12345678.WOMBAT INCLUDE FRED No examples given!
>
>A multlevel name is certainly valid on a DD statement, but I'm not
>sure aboute INCLUDE.
>
I haven't a JCLLIB handy. But the JCL RM makes a similarly cryptic
statement about the IF statement:
o The name may be preceded by up to 8 alphanumeric or national characters,
and then separated by a period. Coding the name in this way should not be
confused with specifying an override, as can be done when coding DD
statements.
Again, saying what it's not for, but not what it is for. And, in fact:
3 //A2345678.X IF TRUE THEN
... is accepted and the job runs without error. However,
both: 3 //12345678.X IF TRUE THEN
and: 3 //.X IF TRUE THEN
... which would appear to be legal according to the description fail with:
STMT NO. MESSAGE
3 IEFC662I INVALID LABEL
I hate JCL!
-- gil
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