The COND=EVEN/ONLY will not work if the job hits a *JCL error*. <g>

On 04/11/2019 23:56, Charles Mills wrote:
> It would be nice if there were a way to get the condition codes into the WTO 
> program, something like (don't try this at home):
>
> //WTO1 EXEC PGM=WTO,COND=EVEN,
> //  PARM='Job FOOBAR terminating. Highest CC was &MAXCC'
>
> I seem to recall a discussion here about retrieving the last and maximum job 
> CC's from within a program running as a jobstep and the answer was that there 
> was no good way.
>
> Charles
>
>
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> Subject: Re: WTO message at the end of JCL
>
> MVS has provided such a mechanism forever using 
>
> 1. a program that issues a WTO
>
> 2. conditional execution on the WTO step with COND=EVEN or ONLY (depending on 
> the logic required)
>
> Most shops already have a more or less sophisticated (security wise) program 
> to issue a WTO. Conditional JCL is free for the coding. Every shop I've 
> worked in uses the mechanism to manage production, including my current one. 
> There is as Brian says no way to handle a JCL error without an external 
> 'product'. 
>
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