On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Bill Ashton <bill00ash...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello friends! > I have a teammate working on a z/OS 1.12 system and is trying to make a > proc fairly foolproof for his user. He wants to know the easiest way to > convert a SET statement or JCL Parm into a control card. > > This proc needs a DSN and a couple other values as part of a SYSIN for the > program, and since we can't use symbolics in pre-z/OS 2.1, I would like a > way using standard IBM utilities to take a PARM symbolic and create an > output file that I can use as input to the program. The parm input would > only be one line, and not longer than 50 chars. > > Does anyone have any good ideas? Sort? Gener? > ​Oh, man, does it really _have_ to be good? A REXX program is a possibility. // SET SYMBOL=some_value //* //MKCTLC EXEC PGM=IKJEFT1B,PARM='%MKCTL &SYMBOL' //SYSTSIN DD DUMMY //SYSTSPRT DD DUMMY //SYSEXEC DD DISP=SHR,DSN=some.rexx.library //SYSUT2 DD DSN=&&CTLCARD,DISP=(NEW,PASS), // UNIT=SYSDA,RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=0, // SPACE=(TRK,1) //* /* REXX MKCTL */ PARSE ARG STRING CARD="some stuff at front "||STRING||"more stuff on end" QUEUE CARD "EXECIO 1 DISKW SYSUT2(FINIS" EXIT RC /* PROPAGATE RC FROM EXECIO */ ​ ​=== I have restrained myself from using any UNIX. Aren't you glad? [grin].​ > > Thank you and best regards, > *Billy Ashton* > -- Werner Heisenberg is driving down the autobahn. A police officer pulls him over. The officer says, "Excuse me, sir, do you know how fast you were going?" "No," replies Dr. Heisenberg, "but I know where I am." Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a building as being maintenance -- Jim Horning Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
