I generally put each parameter on a separate line, for ease in editing.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Pommier, Rex <rpomm...@sfgmembers.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 10:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter Hi Bob, I'm in your boat but trying to transition to Gil's. :-) Much easier to change DSN if it's the last parameter on the line. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 8:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter 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. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* When I heated my home with oil, I used an average of 800 gallons a year. I have found that I can keep comfortably warm for an entire winter with slightly over half that quantity of beer. -Dave Barry, _Postpetroleum Guzzler_ */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 08:32 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.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
