IEBCOPY was developed in the early- to mid-1960s, when EXCP appendages were the leading edge way to do cruel and unusual things in low-level I/O. Such has not been the case since the advent of MVS/XA and a redesigned IOS in 1983. New, or older and still strategic, products typically use the latest and greatest techniques. It would appear that IBM does not yet consider redesigning the 45-year-old IEBCOPY as strategic.
Bill Fairchild Rocket Software -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 7:24 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Mainframe hacking? >Also, IIRC, IEBCOPY uses I/O appendages that require authorization, since they >are loaded from SYS1.SVCLIB. Yes. That's true. But, what about the fact that work-alikes (eg: SPFCOPY) don't need them? - I'm a SuperHero with neither powers, nor motivation! Kimota! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
