On Tue, 6 May 2025 22:02:03 +0000, Lennie Bradshaw wrote: > ... >Or you could supply the incoming data set instream (in xmit format for >example). This latter method requires you to be sure you can terminate your >instream data set correctly. So, the first 2 characters of each record MUST >NOT match the termination string you specify in your JCL DLM value. I have >used that method in the past, but scanned the incoming stream for several >pairs of characters, then choose one that was not present. > ... That's interesting. I'm pretty sure I've at tines supplied instream SYSYN with no explicit delimiter. Ir was simply the last data set in the last job step. But was there nonetheless an implied delimiter; a digraph that I fortuitously avoided? I.e. is there no construct notionally "DLM=none"?
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