Hi Bob,
I learned JCL in the mid '70s (45 years ago).
Placing DISP first makes the JCL line up a lot more than placing DSN first.
Besides not needing DCB, DSORG is usually useless as well.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-06 09:57, Bob Bridges wrote:
Just a side comment, you may be in the minority putting DISP first, but the minority
isn't tiny; my observation is that a lot of folks do it. I sometimes do myself -- I like
making parms line up, it often makes them easier to read -- but alas, my habit is still
to put it after the DSN. Always in the same order, in fact, so I guess I have a
"standard" even though it's peculiar to me:
//DDNAME DD DSN=DATA.SET.NAME,DISP=(,CATLG),
// DCB=(DSORG=PS,RECFM=VB,LRECL=1028[,BLKSIZE=half-tracK]),
// [UNIT=something,]SPACE=(CYL,(5,20),RLSE)
Yeah, I still do DCB=(...). I learned JCL forty years ago. I hear it's no
longer needed, but I'm used to it. Sue me.
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JED provides complete JCL validation, reformatting
and enforcement of JCL standards. ...
What's a "standard" Suppose a site has a standard for naming job steps.
Can it enforce that? Or only "standards" in the view of the JED author.
In DD statements I habitually code DISP as the first option. I may be in a minority. Does JED enforce
ordering of options? Might it require or prohibit "DCB=(...)"? (is
""DCB=(...)" ever needed nowadays? I still see it coded on occasion.)
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