On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:01:20 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:08:48 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote:
>
>>DISPLAY always goes to DDName SYSOUT, which can be a data
>>set or a spooled data set (SYSOUT=x).
>>
>>The OP has a need for the output to go to a DD that will not contain other
>>information. It is not uncommon for a program to have multiple distinct
>>output data sets, some of which might be handled by the Job Entry Subsystem.
>>
>The need to send multiple reports to "multiple distinct output data
>sets, some of which might be handled by the Job Entry Subsystem."
>sounds like a strong argument to use "OPEN, WRITE, etc" in preferende
>to "more normal" ways.
>
>("DDName SYSOUT"? Not SYSPRINT? Not SYSTERM? COBOL seems
>to want to be the misfit. Will it accept an alternate DDNAME
>list as a second PARM?)
Indeed. It has been a long time since I was a COBOL programmer.
DISPLAY ... UPON ...
UPON can specify SYSOUT, SYSLIST, SYSLST, SYSPUNCH, SYSPCH or CONSOLE.
DISPLAY was not designed as a general purpose file output statement.
--
Tom Marchant
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