I wish that IBM had (or would) support the SYMBOLS= keyword on JOB
statements to allow system symbols in the JCL.  The current jobclass spec
would still be the default; and SYMBOLS=JCLONLY would still be the default
default.

sas

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 9:27 AM Paul Gilmartin <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 13:09:53 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>
> >This has been discussed here many times. The issue is that the results
> vary depending on ehrn and where you evaluate them.
> >
> Doesn't SYMBOLS=({JCLONLY|EXECSYS|CNVTSYS} suffice to resolve that?
>
> There remains the phobia concerning the antiquated use of "&" in temp DSNs.
>
> --
> gil
>
>

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