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shance7
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:55 pm    Post subject: JCL Parameters Reply with quote
Hi Everyone

I have a JCL in the first Step I generate a file this file have a dynamical name. I need to put the name of this file in a parameter on the next Step of my JCL. How can i obtain this name or set this parameter since my Cobol Code.


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semigeezer
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The easiest way would be to write the generated data set name to a temporary data set in step1 and read that dataset containing the name (see referbacks) in step2. JCL is interpreted before any steps run so you can't refer to the generated data set directly.
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