I have submitted error reports on red books and IBM did alter the contents.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Shaw Sent: Friday, January 30, 2026 1:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS MVS JCL User's Guide content error CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Texas Comptroller's email system. DO NOT click links or open attachments unless you expect them from the sender and know the content is safe. I just submitted an error report. Too bad I won't know if anyone at IBM ever reads it or acts on it... Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd. On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 2:24 PM Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:16:57 -0500, Mike Shaw wrote: > > > >The sentence below appears in the z/OS MVS JCL User's Guide in all > versions > >from z/OS V2R1 through z/OS V3R1, in the Chapter 12 section entitled > >"Identification of Data Set": > > > > "When creating a data set, assign a name to the data set in the > >DSNAME parameter. The data set name is stored with the data set." > > > Please be more specific in your citations. A URL is helpful. > And in 3.2: < > https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww. > ibm.com%2Fdocs%2Fen%2Fzos%2F3.2.0%3Ftopic%3Didentification-data-set&da > ta=05%7C02%7Cmichael.watkins%40CPA.TEXAS.GOV%7C025b904943f54acf71c508d > e603802b7%7C2055feba299d4d0daa5a73b8b42fef08%7C0%7C0%7C639053990840045 > 023%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMC > IsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata= > wVnUv5gPCB8FMNt0bZ4zLfUbvG%2BNxHt%2Bnp%2B3IiUF2UI%3D&reserved=0> > ... > The usage persists. Submitting a Feedback via that page may make you > feel better. > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
