On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:42:08 -0600, Arthur Gutowski <aguto...@ford.com> wrote: >Since JOB C/I and execution are not guaranteed to happen on the same >system in a MAS, if the value for a given symbol is different on each, when do >you want to resolve the symbol? Some will say "at C/I", others will say "at >execution". Since the entire z/OS user community will not likely ever agree, >IBM cannot unilaterally implement a resolution. Either way will cause a large >share of customers significant grief. > >For STCs, C/I and execution happen on the same system (in JES2 at least), so >you can safely use system symbols in STC JCL, as many of us do, extensively.
I have always found that argument lacking for many of the symbols - sysname, date, time. Give me multiple symbols CSYSNAM, ESYSNAM, CDATE, EDATE and I will use the one that makes sense in my application and environment. Paul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
