Now how is *this* one for interesting: //COBOL PROC COBOPT= //COB EXEC PGM=IGYCRCTL,REGION=4096K,PARM='&COBOPT' //SYSIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.PDSE.COBOL(&MEMBER) //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* // INCLUDE MEMBER=COBWORK //SYSLIN DD DSN=&&OBJECT,DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE), // SPACE=(400,(100,50)) //SYSLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=APPL.PROD.COPYLIB // PEND
// SET MEMBER=OBJ1 //STEP01 EXEC COBOL //SYSLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.PDSE.COBOL // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.TEST.COBOL This actually does pretty much what I want! The two DD's in the calling JCL override the first two DD's in the proc. But the rest remain! I just assumed that if you do any override, it overrides the entire DD concatenation. But that appears not to be true. Take a look: 20 ++SYSLIN DD DSN=&&OBJECT,DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE), ++ SPACE=(400,(100,50)) 21 //SYSLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.PDSE.COBOL +/SYSLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL 22 // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.TEST.COBOL +/ DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL 23 ++ DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL 24 ++ DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL 25 ++ DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL 26 ++ DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL 27 ++ DD DISP=SHR,DSN=FJS.DUMMY.COBOL 28 ++ DD DISP=SHR,DSN=APPL.PROD.COPYLIB IGD106I SYS08318.T103641.RA000.COBOBJ.OBJECT.H01 PASSED, DDNAME=SYSLIN IGD104I FJS.PDSE.COBOL RETAINED, DDNAME=SYSLIB IGD104I FJS.TEST.COBOL RETAINED, DDNAME= IGD104I FJS.DUMMY.COBOL RETAINED, DDNAME= IGD104I FJS.DUMMY.COBOL RETAINED, DDNAME= IGD104I FJS.DUMMY.COBOL RETAINED, DDNAME= IGD104I FJS.DUMMY.COBOL RETAINED, DDNAME= IGD104I FJS.DUMMY.COBOL RETAINED, DDNAME= IGD104I APPL.PROD.COPYLIB RETAINED, DDNAME= Still requires that you know the maximum number of "optional" concatenations, but it's the best I've seen yet. Thanks to Arnold Trembley for the idea. Frank ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

