On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 9:01 AM, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> All: > > I have the following: > > 1. Cobol STC > 2. It calls an Assembler subroutine with does a RACF extract of the > database for all > userids and then writes to an output file. > 3. Is it possible to have the Assembler routine place the extracted data > into a unix > pipe or a C type=memory file and then i can retrieve it ? > > Or is that to Mickey Mouse ..?? > You can call the UNIX BPX* routines from COBOL, so you can use something like BPX1PIP to create an unnamed pipe. The COBOL program could then pass the "write_file_descriptor" to the HLASM program as a parm. The COBOL program would use BPX1RED to read from the read_file_descriptor. The HLASM would use BPX1WRT to write to the passed in descriptor. But critically important is that the HLASM program must be ATTACHX'd (BPX1ATM service can do this) and not LINK'd to (as a normal COBOL CALL would do). Otherwise you'll most likely get a lock out with either the TCB either waiting in the COBOL code for the HLASM to write some thing, or in the HLASM code waiting (buffer full) for the COBOL to read something. I just wanted to throw this last in for completeness. You might also need some way to communicate to the COBOL routine that the HLASM routine has written an "EOF" and has ended. > > Scott > IDMWORKS > -- Our calculus classes are an integral part of your education. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
