How to pass quote (‘) in set parameter in JCL

sathish1760 · New User Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 42 Location: chennai

How to pass quote (‘) in set parameter in JCL

// SET CD='/servername/dir_p/OUT'/SamPLE'

superk · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:30 pm

The syntax for SET is described here:

expat · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:31 pm

What have you tried so far ?

sathish1760 · New User Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 42 Location: chennai

// SET AGS='x'
// SET QUOTE=''''
// SET ENV=T
// SET CV=03
// SET CD=&QUOTE./servername/dir_p/OUT''/SamPLE.&QUOTE
//FTP1 EXEC PROC=FTP,APPL='AGS',BOXNM='AGSA',FROMTO='GET',
// FILIN=&QUOTE.FIL.AGSU1100.OKE.&AGS.&QUOTE.,CD=&QUOTE.&CD.&QUOTE.
// FILOUT=AGS&ENV..CV&CV..FIL.AGSOK

Look at the cd variable, it containa the lower case, upper case and APOSTROPHE('). i want to pass that cd value in the ftp step.
but the above jcls is giving the below mentioned error.

INCORRECT USE OF APOSTROPHE ON THE EXEC STATEMENT.

thanks in advance..

mtaylor · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:48 am

Superk has the right idea. Apostrophes inside string literals are compressed two to one by the system. So

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:10 am

Hello and welcome to the forum,

Thanks for the input.

Hopefully, there will be things you find useful as well

d

sathish1760 · New User Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 42 Location: chennai

thanks mtaylor.
i tried (// SET CD='./servername/dir_p/out''''/Sample.' ) . In my jcl next step is rexx execution step. its substituting the correct value

original:
RUNREXX1 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,
PARM='%REXXFTP1 &BOXNM &DIR'
jes subs:
PARM='%REXXFTP1 AGSA /servername/dir_p/OUT'/SamPLE'

getting error:
INCORRECT USE OF APOSTROPHE ON THE EXEC STATEMENT

mtaylor · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:52 pm

d. scherrer: Thanks!

Satish; Try 6 apostrophes. Looking at the MVS JCL Reference page I referenced earlier, their example should give the same error you have: