On 2017-06-12, at 14:20, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > I have a number of applications that sort a REXX array. My solution is to > load it into an ISPF table. Not only is a table easily sorted, but you can do > an instant search with single ISPF command. And so much more. > Rexx compound symbols do search, but only for match, not lower/upper bound.
> Yes, you need to run in a TSO environment, but I've never found much use for > a REXX that does not otherwise need some TSO service anyway. > Which? What I've missed, beyond ISPF itself, are TRANSMIT and RECEIVE. And TSO provides shortcuts to many IDCAMS functions. But I have a Rexx that extracts all the spool files for a job. Runs fine under OMVS, TSO, or IRXJCL. And it's irritating that a job can't extract its own ID without either an ISPF function or chasing control blocks. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Harminc > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 1:12 PM > >> What I mean to ask is, how can I invoke an arbitrary utility or load >> module (not just SORT) associating all its files with Rexx stems, not >> just data sets. SORT allows this because of the I/O exits; many >> utilities (other than HLASM) have no similar facility. > > I'm thinking Howard Gilbert's GPSAM is the approach for this. > Google tells me CBTTAPE 290, with high praise for the author. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
