Oh, I am sure it can, but most folks I know who focus interactive rather than 
repeatable, don't bother. 

> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 12:44 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Formatting a ZFS
> 
> On 2017-07-05, at 13:33, Gibney, Dave wrote:
> 
> > A JCL member can be available again tomorrow or sometime in the next
> decade when the task need repeating.
> >
> ???
> 
> Do you truly fail to understand that a shell script can be saved in a file 
> for use
> in the next day or the next decade, even as a JCL member can?
> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Paul Gilmartin
> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 12:26 PM
> >>
> >>> ... Perhaps because it's easier to save the JCL in a dataset and
> >>> modify it, rather that using a shell script.
> >>>
> >> I fail to discern much difference.  In the former case, I tweak; SUBMIT;
> CANCEL.
> >> In the latter case, I tweak; ":w ! sh"; ":q!"
> 
> -- gil
> 
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