On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 at 19:23, Paul Gilmartin < 0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> In the JCL Ref. I read: > Chapter 19. INCLUDE statement > Purpose: Use the INCLUDE statement to: > • Identify the name of the member of a partitioned data set (PDS) or > partitioned data set extended (PDSE) that contains a set of JCL > statements (such as DD and OUTPUT JCL statements) called an > INCLUDE group. > > And "INCLUDE group" is used throughout the remainder of the chapter. > Why doesn't it just say "member"? Is this a distinction without a > difference, > or is there a nice difference I should understand? > Maybe they're setting up to allow UNIX files. No, but seriously... I think the INCLUDE group is the thing that happens to live in a PDS[E] member. Perhaps there are things that can't coexist in an INCLUDE group, but that otherwise are valid JCL, and that could live in a member in some other context. (Clearly I haven't read the chapter in question.) Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
