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File name conversions for MVS
TeamConnection file names are modified by the MVS build server according to the
following rules:
v The directory path of a file name is not used. All characters of a file name up to and
including the rightmost slash (/ or \) are thrown away.
v Lowercase characters are converted to uppercase characters.
v The file extensions are stripped from the right, up to and including the leftmost
period. The extension, minus the period, is used by the MVS build tool to direct the
file to particular data sets according to user-specified syntax in the MVS build scripts.
v The remaining name is truncated from the left, to a maximum of 8 characters.
v Names must contain characters that are valid in MVS. MVS allows the following
characters:
0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ$@#
However, the name must begin with an alphabetic character.
v Underscore characters (_) in a base name are converted to at signs (@).
The following are examples of how a TeamConnection name is converted:
v A TeamConnection file name of src\build\fhbldobj.C is converted to FHBLDOBJ on
MVS.
v A TeamConnection file name of src/build/fhbtruncate.c is converted to FHBTRUNC on
MVS.
In both of these examples, the .C or .c is split away. The MVS build server uses the
resulting extension to resolve and possibly allocate the MVS data sets needed for the
build process. The extensions are required for parts that participate in an MVS build.
A TeamConnection file name of src\build\fhbtest.c.old is converted to FHBTEST, and
c.old becomes the extension.
Passing parameters to an MVS build script
To pass parameters to your build script, specify them in the Parameters attribute of the
builder. These are passed to MVS through the combination of the PARM keyword
parameter on an EXEC card and the &TCPARM variable.
Note: Take extra care to use no single or double quotes in the Parameters attribute of
the MVS builder definition. This rule follows standard JCL syntax for parameter
substitution in the PARM keyword parameter of an EXEC statement.
You can use the &TCPARM variable in your MVS build scripts. This variable is
substituted with any parameters that were specified using the -parameter attribute of the
builder command or the Parameters field on the Create Builder window when the
builder was created.
You can also use the following TeamConnection variables in writing MVS build scripts:
164 User’s Guide