Re: JCL(?) question

Stephanie Coulshaw wrote:
> 
> Hi...
> 
> Firstly, bear with my terminology as my experience is mostly with
> mainframes, and I've received no training on the AS/400.
> 
> We've got the old B10 here, and we had problems with a batch job that was
> part of our month end.  I've found the proc/JCL that ran this job and there
> is a parameter that I can't resolve, nor can I find reference to this in any
> of the manuals here.  The line is:
> 
> // FILE NAME-OUTPUT,LABEL-XYADROUT,RETAIN-J,RECORDS-?F'A,XYINTRAP'?
> 
> The records parameter was interpreted as 00000000 when this job ran.  Is
> this some kind of function call to see the size of the input file(which was
> XYINTRAP)?
> 
> What manual would this be in?  I've got a Control Language Programmer's
> Guide here but can't find this type of statement.  I didn't find any of the
> actually, nor can I find an explanation for // LOAD, or // RUN, which seem
> obvious, but I'd really like to find the right manual.
> 
> All help greatly appreciated....
> 
> Stephanie

That is not AS400 CL - that is system 36 OCL.  The system 36 was one of
the predecesors to the AS400.  I don't know if the manuals are available
on line still but look for the "System Reference for the System 36
environment" manual 

The file XYINTRAP must be empty for this statement.  That probably means
you had a previous error in the OCL.

John Hall
Home Sales Co.
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