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Hi All,

In our system we have a JCL which is having a DSN name as '{FNAME}'.
Below is a sample JCL,

//STEP0030 EXEC PGM=IDCAMS,REGION=1024K
//INFILE DD DSN={FNAME},DISP=SHR
//OUTFILE DD DSN=DOLP.MANS.TEST.FILE,
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// SPACE=(TRK,(50,15),RLSE),
// DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=80)
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
REPRO INFILE(INFILE) OUTFILE(OUTFILE)
/*

Thanks in advance,
Manoj

[Bill Dennis]

Because this is not valid JCL syntax, it might be:

1. a sample which means "type your file name here", or
2. a string that gets modified by some scheduling package, or
3. something else?
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Regards,
Bill Dennis

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[Anuj Dhawan]

[Terry_Heinze]

My guess is... Bill's #1.
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....Terry

[archana]

Mostly the step prior to the IDCAMS using {FNAME} will be a Gateway step.

The Gateway step pulls the file from outside and update the {FNAME} which is in SYSIN card of the gateway step for further usage in the JCL.