I tried that ... I get IEFC657I THE SYMBOL ACTION WAS NOT USED... Where action is one of the procedure parameters.
and the procedure parm was not passed through into the parmsdd, symbols I create are... procedure parms are not hence my convoluted solution using intermediate symbols and some dummy iefbr14 steps to use the procedure parms. On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 at 15:08, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > 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? > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 at 08:44, Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > PARMDD. > > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww. > > ibm.com%2Fdocs%2Fen%2Fzos%2F2.1.0%3Ftopic%3Dparameter-examples-parmdd& > > amp;data=04%7C01%7CAndy.Styles%40LloydsBanking.com%7Cb569694c823e46cb1 > > 59f08d9b4aac859%7C3ded2960214a46ff8cf4611f125e2398%7C0%7C0%7C637739467 > > 878831910%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIi > > LCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=qNneGDjjrQT88PlsI1Y35p > > eTnmPLF6zMqCNK6ol%2Fe0A%3D&reserved=0 > > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 8:27 AM Colin Paice <colinpai...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > I want to use a started task to start my web browser, but the size > > > of the parameters exceeds the 100 char limit for parm= > > > > > > Is there a nice way of passing the data? > > > > > > Ive tried using symbols, and passing them in to an instream dataset, > > > with SYMBOLS=.... > > > I then need dummy steps to actually use the parameters, otherwise > > > you get IEFC657I THE SYMBOL ACTION WAS NOT USED > > > > > > One attempt is below. > > > > > > //COLWEB PROC ACTION='start', > > > // DIR='/usr/lpp/ihsa_zos', > > > // CONF='/u/mqweb3/conf/httpd.conf', > > > // T='-t -DDUMP_CONFIG' > > > //*--------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > *// EXPORT SYMLIST=* // SET A1='&ACTION' // SET D1='&DIR' // SET > > > T2='&T' * > > > //IHS EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,REGION=0M > > > //STDIN DD *,*SYMBOLS=EXECSYS * > > > > > > > > > *&D1/bin/apachectl -k &A1 -f &CONF -DNO_DETACH &T2 * > > > *blah blah blah* > > > /* > > > //STDOUT DD SYSOUT=H > > > //STDERR DD SYSOUT=H > > > //STDENV DD DISP=SHR,DSN=USER.Z24C.PROCLIB(HTTPENV) > > > > > > > > > *//DUMMY EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,REGION=0M, // PARM='&ACTION &DIR &CONF' * > > > > > > *//DUMMY2 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,REGION=0M, // PARM='&T' * > > > // PEND > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO > > > IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > -- > > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > Lloyds Banking Group plc. 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