Before LIKE, you needed IDCAMS to create VSAM files, after LIKE you could do this with just JCL
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2024 4:35 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: allowed characters in member name > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 23:42:41 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > >Long ago (in OS/390?) IBM introduced a bunch of keywords equivalent to > subparameters of DCB, e.g., LRECL= is equivalent to DCB=LRECL=. I believe that > LIKE= was part of that. > > > Did LIKE add any expressive power that DCB lacks? > > I believe neither DCB nor LIKE can be used in nor refer to DD PATH= > > The alternative might be to use JCL symbols for common attribute strings. > > Combining brevity and mnemonic value: > Q = "'" > QQ = '"' > > Don't forget to mention them in PROCEDURE EXPOSE. > SIGNAL ON NOVALUE would remind you, if you chose to use it. > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
