Thanks to everyone who answered. I'll raise the RCF. If I issue the start... command on the console (non sdsf) it loses the stuff after the blank. If I use f PYT,'COLIN D3ta' it is fine. I was doing it as a unit test, and I do not think most people know this capability exists.
Colin On Fri, 8 Jul 2022 at 18:03, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > Time for an RCF; embedded blanks are bog common in, e.g., SEND. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Bill Godfrey [bgodfrey...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, July 8, 2022 12:28 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: How do I issue a command with a blank in it? > > On this page of the z/OS MVS System Commands manual, under "operands" it > says "no embedded blanks". > It refers to commands in general, not just the "start" command. > > > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fdocs%2Fen%2Fzos%2F2.5.0%3Ftopic%3Dformats-typical-format&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C8b58d469d0654637b49a08da60fee067%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637928945066943143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PYT6Utvm%2BwLS3ovEupVsL6Arv5Psg0EE0FNRxy2Lwek%3D&reserved=0 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
