Submit an additional job with the same jobname. Be sure to delay a little bit until the first job is running..
On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 3:51 PM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > You can't, but there are some things that you can do on the fly. > > You can allocate and free datasets dynamcally with SVC 99, either directly or > using one of the IBM provided front ends. e.g., ALLOC, BPXWDYN. > > You can do a RDJFCB, modify, e.g., the member name, the file sequence number, > then OPEN TYPE=J. > > You can write a program to call another program with modified parameters. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of > Steff Gladstone <000005c5038228fa-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> > Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2024 3:51 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Modifying JCL on the fly > > Caution: This email did not originate from George Mason’s mail system. Do not > click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the > content is safe. > > > What is the best way of modifying JCL after the job has been > submitted, in order to conditionally add another DDNAME to a JOB STEP? Or > perhaps adding parameters to the PARM string on the EXEC statement. > > We were thinking of using the IEFUSI exit point, allocating a file > dynamically before the main program of the job-step is attached. I gather > there are also JES2 exits (are they simple exits or the more flexible exit > points?) that are appropriate to the task and would be interested to hear > advice from other system programmers. > > Two other questions: are these exits specified in the PARMLIB or via some > other mechanism? And what happens if the exit fails in some way? What > action does the system take? > > Thanks in advance, > Steff Gladstone > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
