I've spent more time than I care to think about cleaning up after people who copied things that they didn't understand. Getting proc overrides wrong is just the tip of the iceberg.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Tom Brennan [t...@tombrennansoftware.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 10:51 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Build and submit proc Oh I think I've made more than my share of mistakes of the years :) But yeah, you have to find something close and look out if //SYSUT2 happens to be above //SYSUT1, or //FROM and //TO are not exactly what you think they are. On 12/22/2020 3:01 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > That's OK if you understand what you're copying; it can be deadly if you > don't. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of > Tom Brennan [t...@tombrennansoftware.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 3:24 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Build and submit proc > > Whew! Then I'm lucky I never really wrote any JCL - I always copy > something similar. In fact, if JCL had DNA I bet most could be traced > back to a single IEBGENER job, formed in a tide pool eons ago. > > On 12/22/2020 11:14 AM, Hobart Spitz wrote: >> You can do it in batch REXX. >> >> Stop being brain-dead and thinking about everything in terms of JCL. >> >> I've don't write JCL anymore. >> >> JCL causes brain-damage. >> >> >> On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, Jousma, David < >> 000001a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >> >>> I would build the JCL, and then FTP it with the filetype below. That >>> will submit and run the job. >>> >>> SITE FILEtype=JES NOJESGETBYDSN >>> put your.modified.jcl. >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> _________________________________________ >>> Dave Jousma >>> AVP | Director, Technology Engineering >>> >>> Fifth Third Bank | 1830 East Paris Ave, SE | MD RSCB2H | Grand >>> Rapids, MI 49546 >>> 616.653.8429 | fax: 616.653.2717 >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf >>> Of Fred Kaptein >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 12:11 PM >>> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >>> Subject: Build and submit proc >>> >>> **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** >>> >>> **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or >>> unexpected emails** >>> >>> Hello, >>> I would like to build a JCL batch job called BACKUPS, that does the >>> following: >>> 1) STEP01 >>> Create a JCL proc in MYLIB.PROCLIB(BKUP) >>> 2) STEP02 >>> Execute the proc MYLIB.PROCLIB(BKUP) >>> >>> My testing finds that STEP02 runs the proc in MYLIB.PROCLIB(BKUP) that was >>> built prior to submitting job BACKUPS. >>> >>> Is there a way to do these two steps in one job and not two? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email >>> to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN **CAUTION >>> EXTERNAL EMAIL** >>> >>> **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or >>> unexpected emails** >>> >>> 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
