Tom, I agree, and even eluded to that at the end of my lengthy post. If done right, vendors should not care, as it would all be external to their application, and to them it would look like they were opening a standard DD statement. I don't see PROCLIB as necessary because that function is already there with the JCLLIB statement, but definitely could see use for things other than PARMLIB.
It is just that parmlib function exists today, and is supported with the SETLOAD command to change the concatenation on-th-fly, I'm just looking to open it's use anything that uses PARMLIB without having to code for it. Dave ________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Principal Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 616.653.8429 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Schmidt Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: FW: Wishing for a JCL based PARMLIB Concatenation search Dave, I wouldn't restrict its use to just PARMLIB. I would suggest that PROCLIB might have some use, too, though maybe not as much. The bigger usage, to me at least, is with SYSLIBs in general. A single specification for a COBOL compile SYSLIB - or better yet, a series of commonly-maintained specifications for the various flavors within anyone's business - would work wonders to simplify procedures. I'd use it in a heartbeat with my assemblies and probably my linkedits. The real trick will be to get software vendors to buy into the change, especially if the subsystem is written by/for the CBTTAPE community. Some of the better vendors will, no doubt, support it. Others probably not. Wider usage may push them into supporting it. (By "support" I mean allowing for its usage within their products.) This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
