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vini · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:05 pm Post subject: FTP/Put Source File Name

This might sound like a weird question ... is there a way to use a symbolic in a file name despite using quotes or is it asking for the impossible ? Confused

Example:

PUT 'AAA.BBB.&TESTRGN.FTPOUT'

Not attempted this yet because I dont think this is valid as am sure the quotes will hard-code the name and throw an error in this case as is. Right ?

superk · Advanced Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 684 Topics: 5

I think you can answer your question by asking yourself - what is going to resolve the variable? What is going to know what &TESTRGN is? The program (PGM=FTP)? Nope, there's nothing in there that would know what to do with it. Maybe the receiving FTP site? Possibly, I suppose depending on the software used. Obviously, some program somewhere would have to know what the variable &TESTRGN means.

vini · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject:

superk.

I dont think I explained it well ..I need the &REGION substituted by its value before I use it in the PUT within quotes ...even then it may be impossible I guess !

AAA.BBB.&REGION.FTPOUT

PUT 'AAA.BBB.SYSTEST.FTPOUT'

Based on in which region (int,sys,acc,prod) the JCL is scheduled it should pick the appropriate file based on the value of the symbolic in the JCL.

kolusu · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject:

vini,

You can use EZACFSM1 to generate with symbols. Assign unique names for int,sys,acc,prod.

then you can use &JOBNAME symbolic to in the ftp dataset names

ex:

semigeezer · Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject:

or invoke a Rexx program to do the FTP and let it resolve what you need.

vini · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject:

Kolusu,

I am not sure how your suggestion will work because based on that I should use the JOBNAME EZACFSM1 symbolic as part of the file name.

We follow Job Naming conventions here..more so because we do the formal testing using Job schedulers, the reason I cannot use INTTEST , SYSTEST etc as Job Names in JCLs.

I have a found a workaround solution to the problem where I edit the portion of the file name in the PUT parm card (being generated programatically) everytime the job fails in test as the PROD file is being referred in parm card owing to the hard-coded file name.

Thanks.
Vini