The mailing list program is making me add some random text here so that it won't think this is a Listserve command.
Here is an example of what you need to do: // EXPORT SYMLIST=* ... //PARMS DD *,SYMBOLS=JCLONLY &FOO,&BLAH, &BAR /* Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Styles, Andy (ITS zPlatform Services) Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 2:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Trying to use long parm= in started task Classification: Public Providing it's running under JES2 or JES3 and not SUB=MSTR, instream data in procedures is fine: //PGM EXEC PGM=FRED,PARMDD=PARMS //PARMS DD * blah blah blah Andy Styles z/Series System Programmer -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Colin Paice Sent: 01 December 2021 09:12 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Trying to use long parm= in started task *** This email is from an external source - be careful of attachments and links. Please report suspicious emails *** PARMDD was the easy bit. But how do you get the started task parameters into PARMDD? 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