Monika, I found the following tidbit in the JCL reference:
By default, job steps within the IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF statement construct do not execute when * An abend occurred, and * the IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF structure containing the job steps does not specify the ABEND, ABENDCC, or ¬ABEND keyword. If any of these keywords is specified (with or without stepname or procstepname), the job steps do execute despite the abend. * The step's COND parameter, if any, does not specify an abend condition (COND=EVEN or COND=ONLY). Note in the second asterisk (bullet) that it specifies "steps" (plural) in the THEN/ELSE structure. I interpret that as meaning that ALL steps after "IF ABEND THEN" are executed when an ABEND occurs unless overridden by a COND= (or nested IF). You can easily test this by adding the COND= to STEP06 or enclosing it in a nested IF. Not very intuitive, I admit, but that's my interpretation of how it is supposed to work. Regards, Alan -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Monika Amiss Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 09:08 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: IF/ELSE/ENDIF strange behavior Hello group, I'm running following job with z/OS 1.10 /JES3). Program MAKEABND (STEP04) produces an S0C1-Abend, and STEP06 is executed, which I did not expect. If I put the ENDIF before STEP06, STEP06 is Flushed (like expected), //STEP01 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //* // IF ABEND THEN //STEP02 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 // ELSE //STEP03 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //* //STEP04 EXEC PGM=MAKEABND,COND=(0,NE,STEP03) //* //STEP05 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,COND=(EVEN) //* //STEP06 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 // ENDIF Does somebody has an explanation fot this behaviour. Any hint appreciated. With best regards Monika ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
