Maybe you could try AOPBATCH.


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On Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 at 11:11 AM, Farley, Peter 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a simple execution of BPXBATCH where all I wish to accomplish is to 
> display the PATH in effect when BPXBATCH starts a shell instance and the 
> environment variables that are set. Here is my simple JCL setup:
> 
> //SHOWSHEL EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,PARM=SH
> //STDIN DD *
> /bin/echo $PATH
> /bin/env
> //STDOUT DD SYSOUT=*
> //STDERR DD SYSOUT=*
> 
> The output on STDOUT reflects the messages generated by /etc/profile but 
> nothing else.
> 
> According to "Chapter 19. BPXBATCH utility" in the "XL C/C++ Users Guide", 
> "If you specify SH with no program-name information, BPXBATCH attempts to run 
> anything read in from stdin.".
> 
> That is not happening, and I do not understand why not.
> 
> Any RTFM or other information you can provide to cure my ignorance is 
> appreciated.
> 
> Unfortunately we do not have the luxury of having the CoZ tools installed 
> here so I do not have COZBATCH as an alternative.
> 
> Peter
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