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I needed some JCL that when submitted would then run some rexx which submit another job, useful for surrogats.
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| //* The next are lines JCL to create a temp dataset (&&OMG) with | |
| //* a member (REXX). The file then looks like &&OMG(REXX). | |
| //* The end of the REXX file is noted as single line with ## on it | |
| //* The program IEBGENER copies all that data to the temp file | |
| //CREATOMG EXEC PGM=IEBGENER | |
| //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* | |
| //SYSIN DD DUMMY | |
| //SYSUT2 DD DSN=&&OMG(DOIT),UNIT=SYSDA, | |
| // DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE), | |
| // SPACE=(TRK,(1,1,1)), | |
| // DCB=(LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120,RECFM=FB,DSORG=PO) | |
| //SYSUT1 DD DATA,DLM=## | |
| /* REXX */ | |
| ADDRESS TSO | |
| PARSE ARG JOBCARD USER | |
| IF JOBCARD = '' THEN | |
| JOBCARD = '' | |
| # Put your jobcard above if you don't want to pass it as an argument | |
| IF USER = '' THEN | |
| USER = '' | |
| # Put your jobcard above if you don't want to pass it as an argument | |
| QUEUE JOBCARD | |
| QUEUE "//TSOCMD EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01" | |
| QUEUE "//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*" | |
| QUEUE "//SYSTSIN DD *" | |
| QUEUE "SEND 'TESTING' USER("||USER||")" | |
| QUEUE "//*" | |
| QUEUE "$$" | |
| "SUBMIT * END($$)" | |
| return 0 | |
| ## | |
| //* Thats the end of the REXX program. Now lets execute it, | |
| //* the program, IKJEFT01 lets us execute a REXX program | |
| //* as though we were in TSO (letting us use ADDRESS TSO | |
| //* as a valid command). | |
| //EXECREXX EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,REGION=0M,PARM='%DOIT' | |
| //SYSTSIN DD DUMMY | |
| //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* | |
| //SYSEXEC DD DSN=&&OMG,DISP=(OLD,DELETE,DELETE) |
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