Could you put 'the secret stuff' into a separate command file and direct its
output to $null?

!job ....
!Job stuff
!XEQ secretx.util.sys > $null
!more job stuff
!eoj

Regards
Paul H. Christidis

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Subject:    Suppress text in STDLIST?
Author: [log in to unmask]
Date:       9/24/99 3:38 PM

A colleague of mine asked me to post this question:

We have a portion of a job that retrieves passwords at runtime.  The
passwords show up in the $stdlist.  This creates security concerns.  We are
looking for a way (a command) we can add to the JCL to cause the operating
system to suppress text appearing in the $stdlist until we say it's ok to
resume reporting the job's activity.

An example might be:

!JOB...
!STDLISTBLABOFF
!our secret stuff
!STDLISTBLABON

Any ideas ?

Cecile Chi