Sure. You can just do a CALL on them, making sure to pass the parameters correctly.
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jul 2013 12:51:49 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: > > >This technique also works in C or Java. > > > >Unfortunately, the overhead of allocate/open/close/free for each member > >does not yield good performance if that matters for your application. > > > >It is a pity, IMO, that the C library does not include BPAM extensions to > >fopen() > > > Rexx, likewise. It would be so easy in syntax: > > fopen( "//DD:SYSLIB(MEMBER)", ... ); > > I believe SAS/C does something like this. > > It's a pity that QPAM isn't invented, sparing implementors > a level up the discomfort of block-mode access. > > Or, use UNIX files instead of legacy. No allocation needed, and > the open/close overhead is vastly less. Are all the BPX1* routines > available in COBOL? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If this had been an actual emergency, do you really think we'd stick around to tell you? Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
