One option is to harvest the /D IPLINFO information at IPL-time (maybe using an automated-SUBMIT batch-job DFSORT / ICETOOL, or SAS, or REXX, etc.), parse and set a site-specific SYMBOL - then you can use it in one of various methods in a batch DFSORT job via an expected JCL INCLUDE MEMBER=<symbols_member>. Do consider challenges with symbol naming-conventions since the IPL-date/time would be LPAR-specific of course.
Personally I exploit the DFSORT feature (thanks for listening Frank Yaeger, back in 2008 !!) where the PARM= can detect external JCL SET symbols via the JP"&<symbol_name>" and then use the operand JPn within the DFSORT SYSIN control statements. Scott Barry SBBTech LLC IBM.COM DFSORT Doc link: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=statements-using-jpn-parameters-in-exec-parm-icetool ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
