Try //ddname DD *,RECFM=VB,LRECL=259,BLKSIZE=0 On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 <[email protected]> wrote: > I can confirm Gil's experiment as far as ISPF SUBMIT will allow me. Even if > the submit is done from a RECFM=VB,LRECL=259 PDS, IEBGENER gets the "WRONG > LEN RECRD" error for SYSUT1 when the symbol-expanded input exceeds 80 > characters. > > Similarly, if the symbol makes PARM exceed 100 characters you will get the > documented JCL error for that condition. This is WAD and forever before, so > no difference there. I intend to try PARMDD et. al. next. > > Here is my ISPF job in a PDS member (supply your own JOB and OUTPUT > statements). The first line in the NOTUSED DD will generate the I/O error if > it is moved to SYSUT1: > > //* DOC: EXPERIMENT WITH INSTREAM SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION. > //* > // EXPORT SYMLIST=* > // SET X='THIS IS A LONG SYMBOL VALUE.' > //* > //*.+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....| > //SYMPARM EXEC PGM=IEFBR14, > // PARM='LONG PARM VALUE TO FILL UP TO 100 CHARACTERS WITH SYMBOL VALUE* > // &X' > //* > //SYMTEST EXEC PGM=IEBGENER > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* > //SYSIN DD DUMMY > //SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=* > //LOGSYMS DD SYSOUT=* > //SYSUT1 DD *,SYMBOLS=(JCLONLY,LOGSYMS) > LOTS OF DATA TO FILL UP A LINE, FOLLOWED BY A LONG SYMBOL TO SEE $X. > $X ALONE > LOTS OF DATA TO FILL UP A LINE, FOLLOWED BY A LONG: &X > &X ALONE > //NOTUSED DD * > LOTS OF DATA TO FILL UP A LINE, FOLLOWED BY A LONG SYMBOL TO SEE &X. > &X ALONE > //* > //*.+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....| > //* > > BTW, the V2.1 ISPF editor highlighting for type JCL does not recognize EXPORT > as a valid JCL verb. In my ISPF edit session, the word "EXPORT" is colored > green for a user-supplied word and not red for a JCL verb. The entire EXPORT > parameter "SYMLIST=*" is pale blue indicating a JCL comment, rather than > green as I would expect (like all the parameters of a DD for instance). No > doubt related to the failure to include EXPORT as a JCL verb. > > If some kind sysprog on the list would officially report that one to IBM as a > bug (I cannot, being only a humble application programmer), I think we would > all appreciate it. > > Regards, > > Peter > > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If > the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail > and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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