%%GLOBAL and %%LIBSYM

%%GLOBAL and %%LIBSYM values are stored in text files. In these text files:

• Each record specifies the parameter name and the associated value.
• Blank lines are ignored.
• Comment lines start with a semicolon.
• Values that contain explicit spaces are enclosed in double quotes.

This shows an example of symbol file contents:

; some comment
ABC=ABC

def="ABC DEF"
 Group    =     XYZ
 Parm2    =     "'123 567'"

The environment variable DAGLOBAL specifies the folder for the text file(s) used by %%GLOBAL. In a similar way, for %%LIBSYM members, the folder name is extracted from an environment variable or from the catalog.

This example shows resolution of %%GLOBAL and %%LIBSYM control statements:

//* %%GLOBAL MBRNAME

//* %%LIBSYM DATA.SET.NAME %%MEMSYM MBRNAME