The '*' in column 72 caused the unexpected continuation error
Edouard A. Myers Senior Information Technology Specialist Office of the Chief Technology Officer DC Government 222 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20001 Phone : 202-727-4017 Fax: 202-727-3880 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.octo.dc.gov -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Norgauer Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: JCL/PARM puzzle I have two sets of JCL that are executing BPXBATCH. The first set follows and it did not work. 10 //PS082 EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH, //******************************************************************** // PARM='SH echo sftp -vvv -b /u/bpxbatch/mccheckftp 11 // fis-depot.ucdavis.edu |su -s bpxbtch' 12 //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* 13 //STDOUT DD SYSOUT=* 14 //STDERR DD SYSOUT=* O. MESSAGE 10 IEFC621I EXPECTED CONTINUATION NOT RECEIVED 11 IEFC605I UNIDENTIFIED OPERATION FIELD This set of JCL's worked: //PS082 EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH, //******************************************************************** // PARM='SH echo sftp -b /u/bpxbatch/mccheckftp fis-depot.ucdavis.edu // |su -s bpxbtch' //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //STDOUT DD SYSOUT=* //STDERR DD SYSOUT=* Any ideas as to why the first set fails. Thanks John Norgauer University of California Davis Medical Center 2315 Stockton Blvd ASB 1300 Sacramento, Ca 95817 916-734-0536 SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING...... Guilty, until proven innocent !! " JN 2004 ........ "Hardware eventually breaks - Software eventually works" anon ........ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
