I would have thought that the effect of a dummy, empty or omitted SYSIN is perfectly well known. Moreover, its "shortcut" functionality is not limited to compress operations.
More to the point, a malfunctioning SYSIN dataset is "none of the above" and it makes no sense to interpret it as such. > Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:27:17 +0000 > From: mike.wawio...@barclays.com > Subject: Re: IEBCOPY with I/O error on SYSIN > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > This behaviour gives a simple, and little known/used, method of running a > compress without control cards. > > 1. Allocate SYSUT1 to your PDS > 2. SYSUT2 DSN=*.SYSUT1 > 3. Omit SYSIN > > Runs a compress of SYSUT1 > > Regards, > Mike > Mike Wawiorko > Global z Connectivity and Automation Engineering > Global Technology Infrastructure and Services > Barclays Bank > Ground Floor (B4), Turing House, Radbroke Hall, WA16 9EU (Mail Van 49) > Tel: +44(0)1565 615415 or internal 7-2000-5415 > Mobile: 07824527120 > Email: mailto:mike.wawio...@barclays.com > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf > Of Mary Anne Matyaz > Sent: 16 February 2012 12:12 > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: IEBCOPY with I/O error on SYSIN > > Paul, > IEBCOPY is documented (and functions) as generating a SYSIN if none exists, > if it's dummied, or if it's an empty file. Not sure what category a 'bad' > file fits into, but I would guess it's essentially 'omitted'. > > If you feel strongly about it you could open a Share requirement. > > > From DFP Utilities: > > "When the SYSIN DD statement is a DD DUMMY, points to an empty file, or is > omitted, IEBCOPY will generate a COPY statement that allows you to run > IEBCOPY without supplying a control statement data set for SYSIN." > > MA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended > solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from > disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or > have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender > immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose > or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments. > > Internet communications are not guaranteed to be secure or > virus-free. > The Barclays Group does not accept responsibility for any loss > arising from unauthorised access to, or interference with, any > Internet communications by any third party, or from the > transmission of any viruses. Replies to this e-mail may be > monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business > reasons. > > Any opinion or other information in this e-mail or its attachments > that does not relate to the business of the Barclays Group is > personal to the sender and is not given or endorsed by the Barclays > Group. > > Barclays Bank PLC. Registered in England and Wales (registered no. > 1026167). > Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP, United > Kingdom. > > Barclays Bank PLC is authorised and regulated by the Financial > Services Authority. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
