Re: “On this list there’s probably very few folks who know how to setup a user 
profile in USS”:  If that is truly the case, I would be totally dismayed.  I am 
not a system programmer (well, I was one for a brief moment in my career a long 
time ago, but not in the last 30 years) and I know very well how to set up my 
Unix profile so that my tasks in Unix succeed.  I could not do several parts of 
my job without that setup done properly.

Am I the only one who runs and experiments with Linux systems (and even WSL) at 
home for my own education?  Where is the curiosity that drives us all to better 
our knowledge and experience?

Peter

From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of 
David Crayford
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2024 9:34 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: About Python and REXX


If it’s not in your PATH there’s an argument to be made that it’s not properly 
installed, even if the file system has been mounted. On this list there’s 
probably very few folks who know how to setup a user profile in USS.



> On 5 Jul 2024, at 21:26, Farley, Peter 
> <0000031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu<mailto:0000031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>>
>  wrote:

>

> True, if you use “type python3” it CAN find it, but the success of that 
> command depends on your $PATH already having the python directory listed in 
> it.  If you don’t already know what the python3 directory is and have added 
> it to your $PATH, the “type” command will not find it.

>

> Of course if your friendly (FSVO “friendly”) sysprog has already put that 
> directory into your $PATH via the /etc/profile script you are GTG.

>

> Peter

>

> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU<mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>> On Behalf Of 
> MANCINI Frédéric (80)

> Sent: Friday, July 5, 2024 8:52 AM

> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU<mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

> Subject: Re: About Python and REXX

>

> Hello,

>

> To check if Python is available in the cli environment, go into OMVS,

>

> either from ISPF (TSO OMVS) or through a SSH connection (if the sshd

>

> server is running), and do

>

> type python

>

> It should return the complete PATH to the python executable.

>

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>

> *De :* [mailto:Thomas] <Berg>

>

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> *Envoyé :* jeudi 4 juillet 2024 à 00:02

>

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> *Objet :* About Python and REXX

>

>> A question:

>

>> * How do I check if Python is installed/availible in an existing z/OS?  (I 
>> can't ask anyone for the moment due to an organisational mess at this site.)

>

>> * Regarding REXX:

>

>> - If performance is a priority and concern for the task I use a proper tool 
>> delivered by IBM or third party vendor (the latter if portability is not 
>> important).

>

>> - If a proper tool is not avalible or usable and performance is a priority 
>> etc for the task I code a COBOL or assembler program. But I very seldom have 
>> had a need to do that, at least the latest 20 years or so.

>

>> - If performance is NOT a priority I use REXX.

>

>> - I would use langs like Python if they are as easy and fast to code as 
>> REXX. If not they are irrellevant for me. And here portability may probably 
>> be a concern.

>

>> - I have never felt limited by REXX functionality in z/OS (other than 
>> regarding performance sometimes, but then you can easily use tools from 
>> REXX!).

>

>> Thomas Berg

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