We use it here to transfer files (reports) to the server on a weekly basis as follows :
//STEPRPL EXEC PGM=EZACFSM1 //SYSOUT DD DSN=&&FILEN,DISP=(NEW,PASS),SPACE=(TRK,(1,1)), // LRECL=80,RECFM=FB,DSORG=PS //SYSIN DD * &WINDSN=\'\\\\PFILE002\\ADSHARE\\10.METHODS\ !! - \\\06 MEASUREMENTS\\G DATA COLLECTION\\LOC\ !! - \\\COUNTS_WKLYRUN_D&YYMMDD_T&HHMMSS..TXT'\ - /* //*--------------------------------------------------------------------* //* C:D TO TRANSFER FILE COMING FROM MAINFRAME * //*--------------------------------------------------------------------* //DMBATCH EXEC PGM=DMBATCH,REGION=1024K,PARM=(YYSLYNN) //* INCLUDE MEMBER=CDISLIB //DMNETMAP DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYSTEM.NETMAP.FILE //DMMSGFIL DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYSTEM.MSGFILE //DMPUBLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYSTEM.CDPROCES //NDMCMDS DD SYSOUT=* //DMPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * SIGNON SUBMIT PROC=CPY2WIN - // DD DSN=&&FILEN,DISP=(OLD,DELETE,DELETE) // DD * &SNODE=PCDCRP01 - &DISP=NEW - &SYSOPTS='DATATYPE(TEXT) STRIP.BLANKS(NO)' - &MFDSN='DATASET.PRJSTAT.COUNTS.WKLYRUN(0)' SIGNOFF /* Must admit, I had not seen it before coming here ..... (am in the Configuration Management team) .... Kind regards, Peter "Walter Marguccio" <walter_marguc...@yahoo.com> Sent by: "IBM Mainframe Discussion List" <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> 21/09/2010 10:31 AM Please respond to "IBM Mainframe Discussion List" <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> To IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu cc Subject Re: symbolic date parameter (EZACFSM1) > Have you considered the system symbol interpreter called EZACFSM1? I > checked to make sure it was available in Comm Server 1.7. This is what your > sample job will turn into: I've followed the old, frequent thread about variables in JCL for ages, and it never occurred to me that this program was able to did the trick. For trivial things like create a SYSIN-type dataset for FTP or IDCAMS, where date and time within a dataset name is required, EZACFSM1is perfect, instead of creating, say, an ad-hoc REXX which does the same. However, it doesn't look to me as the solution IBM recommends to solve the 'system variable in jcl' issue, otherwise the use and scope of this pgm would have been more widely published, and not only on a single, spare page in the "z/OS x.yy IP Configuration Guide". So my question(s) to this forum are what other mates sysprog do with this program. Do you use it ? Did you widespread the use to programmers or other staff who use jcl ? Do you see any remarkable drawbacks which I don't see ? Are there any statements of direction from IBM ? TIA. Walter Marguccio z/OS Systems Programmer BELENUS LOB Informatic GmbH Munich - Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 This e-mail message, including any attachments transmitted with it, is CONFIDENTIAL and may contain legally privileged information. This message is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately and delete it from your system. Please visit our website to read the full disclaimer: http://www.euroclear.com/site/public/disclaimer