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[linhofbiker]

I get a JCL error when trying to duplicate this logic for the VB file (REXX/CLIST dataset)

[Terry_Heinze]

Your JOB name can be a maximum of 8 characters. Are you concatenating uid with "PRT" to make it 10 characters long? Just a guess.
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[linhofbiker]

No - I am trying to use this for the VB file

[kolusu]

linhofbiker,

There are so many irregularities in here.

1.Your first DSN in SYSUT1 is instream data of 80 bytes and you are concatenating another VB file to it?

2. You cannot concatenate FB and VB files together.

Kolusu

[linhofbiker]

The first concatenation is working OK. However the second concatenation attempt fails even when specifying RECFM=VB on the SYSUT1 DD * when variable pdsn is a VB file (rexx/clist library). So, is it possible to do what I wish?

Regards and Happy New Year - John

[semigeezer]

I don't think it is possible directly in the same step. You can add a previous step to convert the inline data to a temp vb data set and use a backwards ddname reference (DDNAME=*.prevstep.ddname) to get the data and that can be concatenated to the VB. I believe there are many examples of doing that conversion with SORT on this board or Kolusu might just put in an example here.

That previous step technique is common for other things too such as when you need to create a member of a PDS like a clist or exec from inline data.
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[linhofbiker]

Thanks semigeezer. I am a real geezer - trained in BAL by IBM London in 1966, so I am not really a beginner just lazy.

[semigeezer]

I'm may be a semi-geez, but 100% lazy too. (I'd a made a better joke, but that'd be too much effort )
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