Appendix A - Job Preprocessing

The basic syntax for preprocessing is to enclose the directive in double parentheses

((preprocessor_directive))

The command list searches for appropriate tokens to substitute or evaluate. As each line is completed it is output to the command file or script.

The "((" and "))" delimit the text that is to be replaced by the token "xxxxx". The token can be control instructions or values to look up. The "((" and "))" and all material in between are replaced by the evaluation.

Any reference to an EnterpriseSCHEDULE global variable must be made using a directory path unless that variable is in the same directory as the job. For instance, if variable newvar is in the \sys\ folder the preprocessor directive would be

((\sys\newvar))