You have the M for machine control codes. And you have APF Advanced Print Functions that print images on laser printers. And Xerox printers have their language, and a couple of other graphic printing standards.
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:05 PM, John McKown <joa...@swbell.net> wrote: > Maybe not the clearest Subject:, sorry. But I'm wondering if anybody ftp > downloads SYSOUT data which contains non-printable characters and so > would be "ruined" if a normal EBCDIC->ASCII translation is done? > > I'm looking at the possibility of maybe considering try to see (<grin> > if I can write a UNIX based SAPI application which can copy SYSOUT from > a job on the JES SPOOL to "stdout". Now, for doing this within z/OS > itself, it is no problem. Just copy the data. Oh, but wait, if the data > can contain binary (non printable) data, should there be a BINARY > option? Hum, if so, what about "line endings"? Perhaps I need three > options: TEXT, BINARY, and the new "RECORD" as defined by IBM which has > a prefix of 0x00LLLLLL (four byte length field with first byte forced to > be 0x00). > > Now, a problem arises. I also want to use ssh from a Linux desktop to > z/OS to copy this data from the SPOOL to Linux similar to Dovetailed > Technologies' "fromdsn" command. Which means that if anything other than > TEXT is allowed, I must write a ssh subsystem to do a binary transport > of the data from z/OS to Linux because the normal z/OS ssh interface > does an automatic translation between EBCDIC and ASCII. The plus of > using a subsystem would also be total control of the translate table for > non-US languages, again like fromdsn. The minus is the need to actually > write and debug the code. And to write a Linux (and perhaps other OS > flavored version) command to talk to z/OS via this subsystem. > > I had considered two possible commands: "jesls" which basically does an > "ls" type operation, but accesses the SPOOL. And a "jesout" which would > copy one or more SPOOL entries for a job to "stdout". > > I have not yet really done any design. I plan to crib ideas from > Dovetailed Technologies documentation of their "fromdsn" command as well > as their enhanced sftp server. Is that valid? I'm actually sortof > "stealing" their design ideas. I do feel some moral qualms about that. > But I don't know if a UI of something that basic is really > copyright-able. I guess I should ask them for permission. But what if > they say "No"? > > -- > John McKown > Maranatha! <>< > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
