On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:43:03 -0600, McKown, John wrote:
>There are a number of environments for REXX which are accessed via the
>"ADDRESS" command. Eg: ADDRESS TSO ; ADDRESS SDSF; ADDRESS SYSCALL; ADDRESS
>ISPEXEC; ADDRESS ISREDIT. So, I my mind was wandering around without a keeper
>the other day and started thinking about what other environments might be nice
>to have available. Some of these may already exist as they would be in
>envirnoments not available at my shop. But I was wonder what others might
>thing of them.
>
>The first one was one I can really get into: ADDRESS FTP. This would make
>scripting FTP sessions much easier. ...
>
Well, there is an API to FTP:
Linkname: CONTENTS "z/OS V1R12.0 Comm Svr: IP Programmer's Guide and
Reference" IBM Library Server
Link that you currently have selected
Linkname: Chapter 13. FTP Client Application Programming Interface (API)
URL:
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/f1a1d3a0/13.0
... which might satisfy much of the need.
>Another might be ADDRESS SSH ...
>
Of course, you can issue single commands with ssh, but a
persistent environment would add value.
>Other thoughts: ADDRESS CICS to send CICS requests via EXCI to a CICS region.
>ADDRESS IMS, ADDRESS DB2?? These may already exist for all I know - I'm quite
>ignorant.
>
>Am I overlooking something? Have I inspired anyone? Or am I whistling in the
>wind?
>
Make ADDRESS SH available in EXECs started from TSO or IRXJCL.
Really, this ought to be a collateral effect of SYSCALLS('ON')
My pet: address SMP/E. or at least a Rexx-friendly API to SMP/E.
There are panels; why not a Rexx API.
-- gil
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