On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:04:58 -0400 DanD <mvs-j...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
:>----- Original Message ----- :>From: "Binyamin Dissen" <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> :>Subject: Re: Reading DD card information :>> :>>a. the 100-character PARM limit isn't easy to increase, as the length :>> of SWA :>> :>>control blocks is 176 bytes (due to SYS1.SYSJOBQE, IIRC) :>> As they are not in JCL, they are not affected by SWA limitations. :>Unfortunately the 100 character parm IS in SWA (see SCTXPARM in IEFSCTX). Unfortunately you snipped the relevant part of the post: "Clearly, this limit isn't carved in stone, because CALL, LINK, ATTACH, etc. allow PARM be several thousand bytes long." -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html