Re: calling commands in unknown (at compile time) -- MIDRANGE-L

May I add another caveat or two?

I've been through situations as described here. The library (say, LIBA)may or may not, as Darrell said, exist in the library list. If it doesexist, it may occupy any position in the library list (1-n). Afterdeleting and adding it, though, it is blatantly in position numero uno.

This may not be a good thing later on. If this is a batch job, it*probably* doesn't matter. However, if it is an interactive job, it*may* be perilous. If LIBA was already in the list (say, #7 on your hitparade), leaving it at #1 *could* skew later jobs.

The original library list needs to be saved and, after you're throughwith LIBA (as #1), restore the original library list so that things areback where everyone is expecting them. Another way to do this for aninteractive job is to simply issue the SIGNOFF command at the end of thejob (if you can wait that long) since a new log in will set up thelibrary list as intended.


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Darrell A Martin wrote:

Hi:
This requires another step. First *remove* the "target" library from thejob library list, MONMSG, *then* add it, in first position, MONMSG.
This avoids the trap of the target library already existing in the joblibrary list. If an add to first position is attempted for a libraryalready in the list, CPF2103 is issued and the library remains in theoriginal position. If that position is lower in the list than anotherlibrary that contains a copy of the command or program, that incorrectcopy will be executed.
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The other way to do it to simply add the library to the top of the
library list, with a MONMSG in case it is already there, before calling
the command. Then it finds the copy in that library first.
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