I know this has been kicked around before but I don't have a good answer off the top of my head and I don't know exactly how to Google for the answer.
Does anyone have suggestions for conditioning a jobstep on &symbol1 != &symbol2? I know that COND= and IF are only on return codes and similar things, not character strings. I could write Rexx that would compare two symbols (or evaluate a complex expression) and set a return code -- is that the best approach? Or is there something off the shelf that would have the same effect? I have a feeling someone here knows a clever hack. Complicating life is that part of what I need to bypass if &symbol1 == &symbol2 is a DD with DISP=NEW. Can IF bypass an entire step including DDs (such that DISP=NEW for an existing dataset will not cause errors)? The examples do not show that. If not, do I solve that by putting the DD (and EXEC PGM=) in a PROC and IF/ELSE executing one of two alternative PROCs? Or ... ? Charles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
