Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:20 pm**

Hi,

We've the COBOL compile JCL like this:

//COBL EXEC PGM=IGYCRCTL, 
// COND=(4,LT), 
// PARM=('LANG(UE),F(I,I),NODBCS,OFF,NOLIST', 
.
.

and pass PARM parameters in compilation step as above.

As PARM parameter's lenght is restricted to 100 bytes, I think I can store the PARM parameters in a PS file and use it in the same compilation step as shown below:

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//COBL DD DSN=TheParm.file,DISP=SHR

But looks like it's not doable, could you let me know how can I get it working?

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:10 pm**

I think I can store the PARM parameters in a PS file and use it in the same compilation step as shown below:

did You check if Your way of thinking matches the COBOL COMPILER way of thinking ?

here is the staring point to decide

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.w ... wg27036733

the programming guide should give You enough hints

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:15 pm**

They contradict.

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:30 pm**

COBOL supports a way to do what you want -- but what you did is NOT what COBOL supports. You really need to spend some time reading the manuals.

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