>> It's unusual, having to add an un-necessary line split just to add a >> comment. I was expecting it to work more like IDCAMS, TSO or JCL.
What is stopping you from doing coding like this? //TOOLIN DD * * Enter ICETOOL operators here * * COPY INPUTA TO OUTA COPY FROM(INPUTA) TO(OUTA) * COPY INPUT1 TO OUTB COPY FROM(INPUT1) TO(OUTB) USING(ALAS) * COPY INPUTX TO OUTC SORT FROM(INPUTX) TO(OUTC) USING(ALAK) /* >> I searched for every # in the the DFSORT Application Programming Guide to >> verify that ICETOOL line comments are not documented. Not sure where you looked but it is documented here ICETOOL can be called directly or from a program. ICETOOL allows operator statements (and comments) to be supplied in a data set or in a parameter list passed by a calling program. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=overview-icetooldfsort-relationship >> I was expecting it to work more like IDCAMS, TSO or JCL. /* comment is valid for JCL but not valid for IDCAMS SYSIN as it would signal the end of input. Ie //SYSIN DD * LISTCAT ENT('HLQ.MLQ.TLQ') ALL /* COMMENT-1 */ LISTCAT ENT('A.B.C') ALL /* The second listcat command would NOT execute So you have to move the comments to position 2 or greater also you need to enclose them between /* and */ //SYSIN DD * /* COMMENT-1 */ LISTCAT ENT('HLQ.MLQ.TLQ') ALL /* COMMENT-2 */ LISTCAT ENT('A.B.C') ALL /* Every utility has its own rules and DFSORT has the most flexible rules. You just cannot compare to other utilities. Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
