Symbols in batch JCL (was: START fails no diagnostics!)

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Lizette Koehler said: > Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 09:01:57 -0700 > > One thing I usually do with STCs that fail, is to run the STC JCL as a batch > job. It would not matter if the job failed, but I would be able to see if > there were any data sets that were not valid or if

Re: Symbols in batch JCL (was: START fails no diagnostics!)

2005-12-06 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:30:53 -0700, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... >This technique is far less effective if the STC JCL contains system >symbols. There's another good argument here for supporting symbols >in batch JCL. >... For that kind of test it's a whole lot faster to stick so

Re: Symbols in batch JCL (was: START fails no diagnostics!)

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Patrick O'Keefe said: > Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:18:55 -0600 > > On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:30:53 -0700, Paul Gilmartin > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >This technique is far less effective if the STC JCL contains system > >symbols. There's another good argument here for