On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:48:23 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote: >> I'm trying to port a REXX utility program from z/VM to z/OS. It will do I/O >> (reading and writing regular QSAM files), but the wrinkle is that it cannot >> run in the TSO batch environment (most of the jobs that will use it aren't >> associated with a TSO userid). > >Not sure why this matters. > Will the TMP even run if no TSO segment is defined for the user? (Reasoning (perhaps improperly) by analogy with Unix System Services, which are not available unless (at least a default) OMVS segment is available for the user.)
>The TSO/E REXX environment is the most robust on the platform. There are >alternatives: > > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IKJ4A370/8.2 > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IKJ4A370/8.3 > >But, I suggest you avoid them if you can. This table explains why: > > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IKJ4A370/8.6 > At a quick glance, all the above links sorely omit any mention of the Unix Rexx environment. That provides the ADDRESS SH subcommand environment whereas none of the others do. And Unix Rexx has its own distinct flavor of the TSO subcommand enviroment, sometimes for better; often for worse. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
