> I tried sending the following to LISTSERV with no success:
>
> delete * DD=names (netwide
> //jim job pw=yankees
> //names DD "V073NQA5@UBVMS"
> //jim eoj
 
If modern, High-Performance-Option VM JCL acts the same way it did for
the ancient, crusty OS/MVT operating system, then the DD card expects
some positional and/or keyword parameters, not a literal.
 
> I also tried:
>
> delete * DD=names (netwide
> //jim job pw=yankees
> //names DD
> "V073NQA5@UBVMS"
> //jim eoj
 
//name DD *
 .
 .
 .
//
 
says, "Accept as (input) data everything following this DD card, up until the
next card beginning with a double slash (//)."
 
/Hugh Pritchard, Systems Programming                [log in to unmask]
 
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