On 2014-06-03 15:03, Dougie Lawson wrote: > You didn't tell us it was your output file that failed. You said it was the > input that got the error. > No, I said merely that the JCL sample failed, but conceded that I had changed SYSUT1 from tape (which I assumed you verified) to DASD.
> So we've learned that the input can either be on tape or disk. > (Actually, I haven't yet verified with tape.) > ...The output > can't be DSN=NULLFILE because IEBCOPY does too much checking that you're > not trying to pull the wool over its eyes. IEB120I SYSUT2 VALIDATION > ERROR > Too much checking indeed. I did try changing your "SYSUT2 DSORG=PO" to "DSORG=PS", suspecting that BPAM might conflict with NULLFILE. Made no difference. > You could try UNIT=VIO or you'll have to read the VBS dataset with a user > program and interpret what the bits and bytes mean. > I trust DISP=(,DELETE),UNIT=VIO (or SYSALLDA) would work (or at least fail with a different message). I was just hoping to avoid the superfluous I/O. (I also know, by experience, that "SYSUT2 DD PATH=..." doesn't work.) -- gil
