On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 20:08:29 -0500, Paul Gilmartin (0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu) wrote about "Re: IEBGENER REblock FB--VB" (in <9427079226127586.wa.paulgboulderaim....@listserv.ua.edu>):
> On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 00:31:51 +0000, David W Noon wrote: [snip] >> usually name the main member it is aliasing. This is because the usual >> instructions to install one of the sort-based GENER utilities include >> renaming IEBGENER to OLDGENER. >> > Always assuming that the systems programmer followed instructions and > did ALIAS rather than copy. Well, not following instructions can cause problems down the road. If OLDGENER is not available, the sort-based driver program would not be able to revert to the original in situations where the sort-based program cannot figure out what to do. Not all of IEBGENER's functionality was replicated in newer code and, at least for SYNCGENER, the name OLDGENER was hard-coded for the fall-back option. > But DDLIST shows me ICEGENER in LPALIB and IEBGENER in LINKLIB, and > the eyecatchers leave me confident it's IEBGENER. > > It would sure be nice if IEBGENER, like HLASM, identified itself in all the > empty space in the first SYSPRINT line, even as far as PTF level. > > In some cases, IBM (I think) provides the aliases (many!): > _________ IEWL 1 IEWBLINK 000008A0 020505 00 ANY 24 > _________ IEWLDRGO 1 IEWBLINK 000008A0 020505 00 ANY 24 > _________ IEWLF128 1 HEWLKED 00010688 01120E 00 24 24 > _________ IEWLF440 1 HEWLKED 00010688 01120E 00 24 24 > _________ IEWLF880 1 HEWLKED 00010688 01120E 00 24 24 > _________ IEWLOAD 1 IEWBLINK 000008A0 020505 00 ANY 24 > _________ IEWLOADI 1 IEWBLINK 000008A0 020505 00 ANY 24 > _________ IEWLOADR 1 IEWBLINK 000008A0 020505 00 ANY 24 The linkage editor and binder have long had a myriad of aliases. Sensible programmers use the aliases LINKEDIT and BINDER, as needed, to build load modules of whichever format. > and even: > _________ IEBGENR 1 IEBGENER 0000A820 05000E 00 24 24 > > Is this a hint that the user should code IEBGENR rather than IEBGENER to get > the site's preferred copy program? And that if the site creates an alias for > ICEGENER that alias should be IEBGENR, not IEBGENER? The IEBGENR alias appears to me to be a kluge to overcome some dodgy JCL, and adding an alias to SYS1.LINKLIB was deemed quicker than fixing the JCL. Avoid kluges. An alias should always be applied to a base member, not another alias. -- Regards, Dave [RLU #314465] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* david.w.n...@googlemail.com (David W Noon) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
