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karthikbabudh · Beginner Joined: 29 Apr 2005 Posts: 10 Topics: 6

Hi,

Let me know whether there is anyway to read a file from JCL and pass the file content to JCL which will be used as a parameter in the JCL.

For ex:
In the below statement instead of hard coding the *, I need to read a file and then put that value here.

//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
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Regards,
Karthik Babu.

callanand · Beginner Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 23 Topics: 2

Karthik,
Will your file be having multiple records or just one. If you have multiple records then on what basis do you want to select a record. Please show with an example.

superk · Advanced Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 684 Topics: 5

Karthik, I think we the Forum members need to interpret your question as you wish to read some value from a dataset and then change a parameter of some other job to that value before that other job gets submitted. Obviously, parameter values in a job that's already running can't be modified.

Bill Dennis · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:57 am Post subject:

You can use JCL INCLUDE to supply the DD to the job from a file as the JOB is submitted.

The file contains a member named SYSOUT that looks like