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by **surime72** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:33 pm

How to comment multiple lines in jcl...
for ex there is

step AV4515JG EXEC AV4515JG,JOB=AV10JG,
CC='JG',
DB='0A',QUAL='W#W0HW',PROD='TEST'

below this there is lot s of step i need to comment all below steps..

by **steve-myers** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:00 pm

surime72 wrote:How to comment multiple lines in jcl...
for ex there is
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step AV4515JG EXEC AV4515JG,JOB=AV10JG,
CC='JG',
DB='0A',QUAL='W#W0HW',PROD='TEST'

below this there is lot s of step i need to comment all below steps..

This is not JCL. Period. End of story.

by **BillyBoyo** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:25 pm

Use >> in the editor to make four space available at the beginning of each line. Watch out for any "ERR"s. Change blanks in columns 1 to 4 to "//* ".

And yes, that's not JCL. I assume you either felt some need to represent it like that, or you have something "unusual" which "pre-processes" JCL.

by **c62ap90** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:31 pm

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//AV4515JG EXEC AV4515JG,JOB=AV10JG,
// CC='JG',
// DB='0A',QUAL='W#W0HW',PROD='TEST'
//* THIS IS A COMMENT LINE; BEGINS WITH SLASH, SLASH, ASTERISK
//*
//* THE FOLLOWING LINES ARE COMMENTS TOO
//*AV4515JG EXEC AV4515JG,JOB=AV10JG,
//* CC='JG',
//* DB='0A',QUAL='W#W0HW',PROD='TEST'

by **Ed Goodman** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:12 pm

Just to nitpick, there are some JES commands that look exactly like comments. You'll see things like
//*SYSTEM=SY7

As part of a larger line above.

It's the lack of a space that tips you off.

by **prino** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:22 pm

Just bracket, it your dealing with actual steps, the steps with impossible IF..ENDIF statements... :mrgreen:

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// IF RC < 0 THEN
//STEP exec whatever
//STEP exec more
// ENDIF

by **BillyBoyo** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:16 pm

Ed Goodman wrote:Just to nitpick, there are some JES commands that look exactly like comments. You'll see things like
//*SYSTEM=SY7

As part of a larger line above.

It's the lack of a space that tips you off.

And why I always leave a space, so I don't "accidently" concoct something JES thinks I want it to execute :-)

by **Anuj Dhawan** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:10 pm

surime72 wrote:...below this there is lot s of step i need to comment all below steps..

Then possibly show us the "below this" code rather than what you show... :roll:

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