> On Dec 19, 2016, at 3:07 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:16:08 -0600, Edward Gould wrote: > >>> On Dec 19, 2016, at 11:55 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >>> >>> Is there any way to insert comments in IEBGENER SYSIN? (Other >>> utilities?) >>> >>> I've been using the comment field in a "mostly harmless" command. >>> >>> Every computer language should support comments. >> >> I agree but this discussion is NOT about languages. IEBGENER is a utility. >>> > Oh, bullshirt pedantry! Utilities have control files with syntax and > semantics; close enough to the common notion of "language”.
Sorry every utilitty has its own rules, just like languages (e.g. (no GOTO in ALC but COBOL has one) ALC has a syntax a * in column 1 with a blank tells the assembler its a comment. I “think” in COBOL a comment is a C in column 6) (don’t remember its been years since I have looked at a COBOL program. Get over it there are rules all over the place. > > > On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:10:58 +0000, David W Noon wrote: >> >> The old OS/360 utilities used assembler syntax for their command input. >> This means you can put as asterisk in column 1 and you can add comments >> after the operands provided you have at least one space. >> > Alas, no; or at least no longer: > > ---------- 4 4.JESYSMSG.text VA 133 <SYS00273 >SYS00260 --------- > 1DATA SET UTILITY - GENERATE > -* Data set JOBOUT 4.JESYSMSG.text > IEB344I WARNING- INVALID STATEMENT LABEL > IEB336I INVALID COMMAND IN COL. 03 > > ---------- 4 4.JESYSMSG.text VA 133 <SYS00357 >SYS00344 --------- > 1DATA SET UTILITY - GENERATE > -* GENERATE DBCS=NO Data set SYS00359 4.JESYSMSG.text > IEB344I WARNING- INVALID STATEMENT LABEL > IEB352I WARNING: ONE OR MORE OF THE OUTPUT DCB PARMS COPIED FROM INPUT > > Is there a no-op command as an alternative? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with > the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
