Guess I was a bit too vague. The ALLOCATE I was talking about was the IDCAMS control statement. My current plan is to allocate the SYSIN DD to /dev/fd0 (stdin) and SYSPRINT to /dev/fd1 (stdout). Unless the are "redirected" by some sort of option. I'm still in the design phase of what I want the command to "look like" in terms of command line.
On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 21:35 -0500, Scott Ford wrote: > John, > I would say you will have to allocate the sysin dataset and sysprint. > I have called in COBOL via bpxwdyn allocating sysin and sysprint, but wasnt > idcams. > I don't see why you couldn't do the same for idcams > > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 29, 2011, at 7:50 PM, John McKown <joa...@swbell.net> wrote: > > > I am writing a program which will ATTACH IDCAMS to do some things. I > > have been reading: > > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DGT2I2A0/D.1 > > which goes over the commands which require APF authorization. I have one > > question that perhaps someone here knows the answer to. The above > > states: > > <quote> > > An address space that calls IDCAMS to issue any of these commands must > > be APF authorized, or the command will terminate: > > > > * ALLOCATE command to allocate an SMS-managed data set > > </quote> > > > > What is the meaning of the second "allocate" in that sentence? Does it > > mean "create" as in "allocate a new" or does it mean the more generic > > "allocate" as in "do a dynamic allocation" even if the dataset already > > exists? > > > > I know, "try it and see". When I get to that point, I will. I'm writing > > a UNIX command (in HLASM) which runs IDCAMS from a UNIX shell prompt. > > I'm still in the design stage on what I want it to "look like" in terms > > of options and arguments. > > > > -- > > John McKown > > Maranatha! <>< > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- John McKown Maranatha! <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
