Bernd Continuation must start in col 16 I believe,
//INIT EXEC PGM=DSMSERV,DYNAMNBR=300,REGION=0M, // PARM='POSIX(ON),TRAP(OFF,NOSPIE)/FORMAT 1 FILE:DD:MYLOGS // 12 FILE:DD:MYDBS' Tim -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Simple JCL Question Bernd Oppolzer wrote: > Hello IBM-Main, > > can I split a PARM on the EXEC statement, which is too long, in two > parts (on two lines), without having a comma inserted? > > Thanks, regards > > Bernd Yes. For example: //STEPPER EXEC PGM=MYPROG,PARM='BLAH BLAH BLAH .... BLA // H BLAH BLAH' That is: * Code the parm string up to and including col. 71 (do not close the quotes) * resume the string exactly in col. 16 that should do it. HTH. -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-393-8716 http://www.trainersfriend.com * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! + Training your people is an excellent investment ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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