On Sat, 6 Jan 2024 18:14:54 -0500, Tony Thigpen wrote: >The restriction in the DCB is due to Assembler restrictions on use of '-'. > Explain in more detail how DCB=HLQ.FOO-BAR runs afoul of "Assembler restrictions on use of '-'", please.
Does the JCL converter invoke Assembler to process DD statements? Is it in the generation of SVC 99 TUs? Is it in the expansion of the DCB macro? How does "DSN=HLQ.FOO-BAR" evade the restriction? >Paul Gilmartin wrote on 1/6/24 5:59 PM: >> On Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:14:28 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >>> ... >>> For dataset names the addition is "-". This character can be used in >>> dataset names with no tricks like name in apostrophes, uncataloged ones, >>> etc. >>> >> But not, in my experience, in a reference to define DCB subparameters such >> as: >> DCB=HLQ.FOO-BAR * Syntax error! >> <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=dp-syntax-2> >> >> Is there any plausible reason for that restriction >> >> I hate JCL! -- Thanks, gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
