I'm struggling with the correct syntax for SYSIN-continuationlines. According to the manual, there is explicit and implicit conitunuation possible, "explicit" meaning Non-Blank in Col 71, nonblank on 72 and continuation on pos. 16 line 2, "implicit" meaning nonblank on pos. 71 and 72, continuation somewhere between 2 and 15 on line 2. I'd need explicit continuation since pos. 16 on line 2 will be a blank (I'd like to have the keyword INREC on line 1 and then generate several IFTHEN-lines thereafter). For testing, I used a simple OPTION COPY - trying to write OPTION on line 1 and COPY on line 2.
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7---
OPTION*
COPY
*---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7---
OPTION*
COPY
When submitting the job, it ends with RC16
1ICE805I 1 JOBNAME: T750KPX3 , STEPNAME: STEP0150
ICE802I 0 BLOCKSET TECHNIQUE IN CONTROL
ICE000I 1 - CONTROL STATEMENTS FOR 5694-A01, Z/OS DFSORT V1R12 - 08:54 ON SUN SEP 23, 2012 -
0 *---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7---
OPTION*
$
ICE005A 0 BLANK NEEDED IN COLUMN 1 OR OPERATION NOT DEFINED CORRECTLY
COPY
ICE010A 0 NO SORT OR MERGE CONTROL STATEMENT
ICE751I 0 C5-K62149 C6-K90026 E7-K70685
ICE052I 3 END OF DFSORT
ICE802I 0 BLOCKSET TECHNIQUE IN CONTROL
ICE000I 1 - CONTROL STATEMENTS FOR 5694-A01, Z/OS DFSORT V1R12 - 08:54 ON SUN SEP 23, 2012 -
0 *---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7---
OPTION*
$
ICE005A 0 BLANK NEEDED IN COLUMN 1 OR OPERATION NOT DEFINED CORRECTLY
COPY
ICE010A 0 NO SORT OR MERGE CONTROL STATEMENT
ICE751I 0 C5-K62149 C6-K90026 E7-K70685
ICE052I 3 END OF DFSORT
Here's the JCL as well
//STEP0150 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD *
Dummy Record
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
*---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7---
OPTION*
COPY
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD *
Dummy Record
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
*---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7---
OPTION*
COPY
Does anybody have a suggestion what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks a lot
Thomas