On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:27:36 -0500, Peter X. DeFabritus wrote: > >// SET CURRDATE=&LYR4&LMON&LDAY >// SET CURRTIME=&LHR&LMIN&LSEC > In:
Defining and nullifying JCL symbols z/OS MVS JCL Reference SA23-1385-00 http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v2r1/topic/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieab600/jdefine.htm I read: o Do not specify JCL symbols within other JCL symbols. The results can be unpredictable, especially if the imbedded JCL symbol is not previously defined. Is your suggestion in violation of this, or does the restriction not apply to use of system symbols or PROC parameters "within" JCL symbols? Does "within" apply to the assigned value or to the name? I have tried both constructs with no reported syntax error. I much prefer a reported syntax error to "results can be unpredictable", but an IBM employee has averred here that many undocumented constructs are reserved for use within IBM and can not be reported as syntax errors. Here, and in some other cases in JCL, particularly the IF statement, I'm skeptical and find indolence on the part of JCL developers a more plausible explanation. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
