My guess is that it was never applicable and that GRBXBIMG was a bitmap file meant to go into the manual.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Scott Chapman [scott.chap...@epstrategies.com] Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2020 7:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What is GRXBIMG I was making a similar point to somebody recently that, the majority of the words in the manuals do not change between versions and just because some words were written back in the 90s (or earlier?) and are still in the manual, doesn't mean that they're equally applicable in today's world. Especially if they're performance advice. Scott Chapman On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 07:00:19 -0700, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: >I must have time on my hands. I just dragged out the OS/390 V2R8 CDs from >1999, and the sentence is there verbatim. > >It's the only hit on GRXBIMG on CD #1. > >Charles > > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >Behalf Of Steve Smith >Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 6:37 AM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: Re: What is GRXBIMG > >It's still there in V2R4... and I am appalled that I've been running REXX >incorrectly for decades now. > >sas > > >On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 9:35 AM Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > >> Fascinating! >> >> I'm looking at a V1R4 TSO/E Rexx manual and the sentence is in there. >> Chapter 8, Using Rexx in Different Address Spaces. >> >> Charles >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Seymour J Metz >> Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 9:31 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: What is GRXBIMG >> >> In the REXX Reference I saw this: "You can invoke a REXX exec in the TSO/E >> address space in several ways. To invoke an exec in TSO/E >> foreground, use the TSO/E EXEC command processor to either implicitly or >> explicitly invoke the exec and >> you must have ddname GRXBIMG allocated." What is GRXBIMG? >> >> >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >> >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
