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mark loftus
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| Is it possible to code the /*output statment so that it effects all SYSOUT in the job, without having to amend the sysout statments themselves? |
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expat
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| What does it say about DEFAULT in the manual, what happened when you tried it. |
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mark loftus
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All i can see in the manuals is
/*OUTPUT code parameter[,parameter]...
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Identifies the /*OUTPUT statement. The code is 1 through 4 alphanumeric characters. To refer to a /*OUTPUT statement, the DD statement SYSOUT parameter must specify this code in its code-name subparameter. The referenced /*OUTPUT statement specifies processing options for the sysout data set defined in the referencing DD statement.
A code of * indicates that this /*OUTPUT statement is a continuation of the previous /*OUTPUT statement.
This seems to indicate that you have to point each sysout statment back to the output statment.
My problem is im converting several thousand JCL members from JES3 to JES2 and want to do a like for like replacement of the JES3 //*Format card with the /*output card. |
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expat
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Are we talking
/* JES2 OUTPUT or
//name OUTPUT statement here. |
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mark loftus
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| JES2 /*output |
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expat
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To be honest, I've not played with these for more years than I care to remember, but would guess that if the JES parameters are the same as they are on JES3 it should work just by changing the //* to /*
a) Can you try it and see what happens.
b) One of our sysprogs normally rises around this time, and he will probably offer you a lot more help than I can. |
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Robert Sample
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| I haven't done anything with JES2 in more years than I care to remember. However, the JCL Language Reference manual (link at the top of the page) explicitly recommends using the OUTPUT statement instead of /*OUTPUT due to increased flexibility. And the OUTPUT statement in the manual specifically states that using DEFAULT=YES allows implicit reference to the OUTPUT statement by SYSOUT statements. |
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mark loftus
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Thanks, that works a treat.  |
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Robert Sample
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| Great! Glad to hear it's working. |
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| Another satiisfied customer , and thank's for letting us know it went well. |
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