BSPPA2SI - PARM to SYSIN

What does it do?

JCL Procedures cannot contain instream data. How to pass variable data to SYSIN then? This program takes the PARM statement (which can contain procedure variables), and plaes it into an output file

This output file can then be fed later as input to another program

Required DD statements:

Optional DD statements

Assembly and Link JCL can be found in SYS1.SETUP.CNTL(PA2SI$).
Execution JCL can be found in SYS1.SETUP.CNTL(PA2SI#) and looks like this:

//PA2SI   JOB  ....
//MYPROC  PROC MYFILE=
//CMD1    EXEC PGM=BSPPA2SI,PARM=' DELETE &MYFILE NONVSAM'
//SYSUT1   DD  DISP=(,PASS),UNIT=VIO,SPACE=CYL,(1,1)
//DEL     EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN    DD DISP=(OLD,DELETE),DSN=*.CMD1.SYSUT1
//        PEND
//S1      EXEC MYPROC,MYFILE='THIS.IS.NOT.NEEDED'
//S2      EXEC MYPROC,MYFILE='DELETE.THIS.ONE.TOO'
//CMD2    EXEC PGM=BSPOSCMD

Disclaimer

Although this program has been tested on the Turnkey MVS system Version 3 it is not guaranteed to be bug-free (which program is?)

Use at your own risk