On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:58:58 -0500, McKown, John wrote: >IGGCSI00 is only for doing the equivalent of a LISTCAT type function. You >could call IDCAMS itself, with I/O exits to feed it the required commands as >if they had come from SYSIN. Or you might want to set up a TSO environment and >invoke the TSO commands. > >If you want to do the former (call IDCAMS using I/O exits), you can download >file 864 from http://cbttape.org/updates.htm . It is some UNIX commands, one >of which is called "ams" which uses IDCAMS with I/O exits to implement a z/OS >UNIX command which prompts the shell user for IDCAMS commands and returns the >result. ... > Why I/O exits? What's wrong with POSIX pipes?
What are the APF constraints on IDCAMS? I understand there are some, but not for all functions. Would BPX1EXM be a circumvention? (Does CBT 864 use BPX1EXM?) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
