Here is what the JCL manual z/OS MVS JCL Reference SA23-1385-00 Location in the JCL states:
A SET statement can appear anywhere in the job after the JOB statement with the following restrictions: It must appear in the job's JCL before the intended use of the symbolic parameter. It must follow a complete JCL statement. It cannot appear immediately after the first DD statement within a concatenation. Examples: The following JCL will work. //DD1 DD DSN=dsnA,DISP=SHR // DD DSN=dsnB,DISP=SHR // SET // DD DSN=dsnC,DISP=SHR The following JCL will fail. //DD1 DD DSN=dsnA,DISP=SHR // SET // DD DSN=dsnB,DISP=SHR // DD DSN=dsnC,DISP=SHR The way I read it, the FIRST DD statement in a concatenation cannot have a SET following. But the next one can. So in your JCL you seem to have a concatenation of //DD2 DD * // DD PATH='/dev/./null' According to the text above, you would have to put the SET after the DD PATH or before the DD * but not immediately after the DD * statement. I would expect this to work: // SET //DD2 DD * // DD PATH='/dev/./null' I would also expect this to work: //DD2 DD * // DD PATH='/dev/./null' // SET // DD DISP=SHR,... I would NOT expect this to work: //DD2 DD * // SET // DD PATH='/dev/./null' Though I could be wrong. Sometimes IBM documentation is misleading. To me the behavior is along the lines of this documentation. To verify, you could change the DD * to a dataset and see if it still fails. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 8:41 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Where is SET allowed in JCL? > > Sometimes within a DD concatenation; sometimes not. For example: > > 3 //STEP EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > //* > 4 //DD1 DD * > 5 // DD PATH='/dev/./null' > 6 // SET V1=WOMBAT > 7 // DD PATH='/dev/./null' > //* > 8 //DD2 DD * > 9 // SET V2=WOMBAT > 10 // DD PATH='/dev/./null' > 11 // > STMT NO. MESSAGE > 10 IEFC019I MISPLACED DD STATEMENT > > Why does it report IEFC019I at statement 10, but not at statement 7? > > I had grown accustomed to placing SET in complex concatenations, near a > reference for clarity. Today was the first time I tried it after DD *. > > Should I submit an RCF requesting clarification or an SR for inconsistent > behavior? > > I hate JCL! > > -- gil > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN