Andrew Rowley wrote: >> to this one (clear out the SYSIN - at least for IDCAMS SYSIN and place it in >> a JCL comment): >> //* DELETE KVPO.MOST.DB2DATA.&LVL4..&PART..TRS >> //SYSIN DD *,SYMBOLS=(JCLONLY,X) >> SET MAXCC = 0
>Unfortunately that may not work because the symbols in SYSIN are not >substituted the same way as in the regular JCL. I have been playing around >with them and my conclusion is that the whole feature seems to have been badly >thought out. Thanks for this reminder. I remember that I also discovered that substition is not always correct, but I was too busy to follow it up. >If IBM had omitted some features, e.g. system symbols on the execution system >and instead substituted the symbols at the same time as the symbols in the >rest of the JCL, they would have lost maybe 10% of the usefulness but >decreased the astonishment by 90%. Which brings another question - I am just curious - Where are the Symbols resolved? At the submitting LPAR or at the Executing LPAR? Or is the '/*JOBPARM SYSAFF=<LPAR>' used to determine the LPAR where the Symbols are to be resolved/substituted? I am asking, because there are Symbols unique for a LPAR, like this: D SYMBOLS IEA007I STATIC SYSTEM SYMBOL VALUES &SYSALVL. = "2" &SYSCLONE. = "C4" <--- Unique per LPAR &SYSNAME. = "????" <--- Unique per LPAR If that is documented, I must missed it somewhere ... Sorry for this topic drift, but ... ;-) Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
