I don't know of anybody who has done a survey. I'm not sure what you're tryin to do, but I recommend against preempting the name of an existing bridge.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Clement Clarke <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2025 10:13 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Modern JCL for new Data Set Allocation External Message: Use Caution I am writing a simple EXEC command so that running Z/OS programs can be executed in much the same way that Linux and Windows programs are executed. For example: EXEC PAYROLL1 Payroll.Input.dets Payroll.validated.dets; where the program Payroll1 inputs and outputs a file after validating the transactions. ---------------- I asked Google's AI (gemini.Google.com) the following question: "These days, with SMS what does a typical JCL statement look like for allocating new data sets? Does one code Space, Unit and Recfm, or leave it off the JCL and rely on SMS?" Google gave a long answer (try it yourself?) but in essence it said: "With SMS, the JCL becomes much cleaner. The system handles the allocation details based on its policy. A typical DD statement for a new dataset now looks more like this: "Code snippet //NEWDS DD DSN=MY.TEST.FILE, // DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE) ---------------------------- Is this correct, or does most JCL still have SPACE etc coded for new data sets? Many thanks, Clem Clarke ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
