On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:39:41 +0000, Frank Swarbrick wrote: > >From the z/OS Unix System Services Command Reference >(https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.bpxa500/bpxbatr.htm): > > * It must be a text file defined with read access only > So, must I have a RACF rule prohibiting write access, or what? Or prohibit write and execute access with UNIX mode bits? WTF!?
> * Specify one argument per line > So, not //STDPARM DD * PGM /bin/echo FOO BAR /* ???? >If a MVS data set is specified: > ... > * The data set cannot have sequence numbers in it. > OK. >If you use the ISPF editor to edit the data set, set the sequence numbers off >by typing number off on the command line before you begin typing in the data. >If sequence numbers already exist, type UNNUM to remove them and set number >mode off. > That's a "How-to", belonging in a Users Guide, not a Command Ref., and undoubtedly well covered in the ISPF Ref. What about all other editors? > * Trailing blanks are truncated for SYSIN and variable block data sets, > but not for fixed block data sets. For a fixed block data set, trailing > blanks will be included in the parameter text for a given argument up to the > end of the record. > Truncated for variable but not for fixed!? Doesn't that seem backwards? After all, the programmer can control trailing blocks for variable; not for fixed. "Truncated for SYSIN ..., but not for fixed block data sets." Doesn't that statement contradict itself for fixed block SYSIN, a frequent occurrence? Who wrote this crap? Clearly no one proofread it with technical knowledge. >As for the note about "JCL in-stream data set", I disagree that it belongs in >the JCL ref. The behavior is specific to how BPXBATCH itself handles instream >data. I don't think it's a general statement about instream data. > I was thinking of the "immediately follows" qualification, not at all specific to BPXBATCH. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
