XCOM target path spanning more than one line

sadiq_007 · New User Joined: 19 Mar 2009 Posts: 3 Location: India

Hi All,

i have a requirement to post files from mainframe to a server. The path for the target folder on the server is more than 80 characters.

Tried different things for continuing the path in new line( '-' as continuation character, no continuation character, '+', 'X' etc), but not able to XCOM the file.

Please help.

Thanks
Sadiq

superk · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:56 pm

Robert Sample · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:18 pm

What did the manual tell you about continuation?

sadiq_007 · New User Joined: 19 Mar 2009 Posts: 3 Location: India

i searched the manuals and documentations on XCOM, it says each line in sysin of a XCOM step in JCl should start with a parameter, so it's not possible to have a path name spanning two lines.

But i got the solution to my problem i.e. the limit to the length of sysin is 256 which is sufficient for my requirement(i thought it was 72 as for JCL).

Thanks anyways.

superk · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:06 pm

For your personal knowledge, instream sysin data (i.e. //SYSIN DD *) can be coded up to 254 bytes in length. From a dataset, it can be anything the program supports.

sadiq_007 · New User Joined: 19 Mar 2009 Posts: 3 Location: India

Thanks, Kevin.