RE: JCL(?) question

You're looking at S/36 environment OCL.  A real blast from the past.  The
object of this OCL statement is to create a temporary file with the capacity
to hold the same number of records as XYINTRAP currently holds.  The
question marks delimit a parameter, the F means "file" the A means "actual
record count".

Check the System/36 Environment Reference for details on OCL statements.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephanie Coulshaw 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 11:56 AM
> To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      JCL(?) question
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
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