Paul, That's an old problem with substituting "long" symbols in "DD *" input that result in records that exceed the "classic DD *" length of 80 bytes. You and I had an email conversation and actual testing in z/OS V2.1 about this issue quite a while back, and it was broken then.
I would think the component would be the JCL converter/interpreter. Which should either truncate or not depending on your preference. For myself, I have no need to explore or use such edge cases. All my symbol substitutions stay within the "classic DD *" limit of 80 bytes after substitution (IDCAMS input to delete/define VSAM files with special characteristics not covered by the JCL LIKE parameter in my most common use cases, sometimes SORT control cards too for parameterized record selection/modification). "Doctor! Doctor! It hurts when I do that! --- Well, don't do that!" Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 11:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: I/O error substituting symbols in sysin A job step containing: // EXPORT SYMLIST=* // SET TEST='This is the value of the substituted string.' //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSUT1 DD *,SYMBOLS=JCLONLY,DCB=LRECL=222 This is a test of symbol use in instream data sets. Test here: &TEST //* This is a test of symbol use in instream data sets. Test here: This is the value of the substituted string. Fails with SYSPRINT containing: 1DATA SET UTILITY - GENERATE PAGE 0001 -IEB352I WARNING: ONE OR MORE OF THE OUTPUT DCB PARMS COPIED FROM INPUT IEB351I I/O ERROR ,JCLSYM ,STEP1 ,JES ,D,SYSUT1 ,READ ,WRONG LEN RECRD,**************,BSAM Against which component should I submit the SR? I doubt that it's Utilities; perhaps JES2 or DfSMS? -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
