I think it would also make job cloning easier. Cheers, Martin
Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, Date: 02/08/2013 02:29 PM Subject: Re: Rejoice! z/OS 2.1 addresses some long term JCL complaints from here: Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> So I've read the PDF but I'm still not clear on this: Does the enhanced symbol support mean that you can use symbols in places like this: REPRO INFILE(GIMZPOOL) + OUTDATASET(&HLQ..GLOBAL.CSI) ? That would sure make distributed SMP/E JCL easier for customers to modify. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN