> USS is required

Hard to find a z/OS anymore without it!

Hard to log onto it when you do find it as TCP requires UNIX services.

Charles


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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf 
Of Tony Harminc
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2017 11:25 AM
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Subject: Re: fopen DD

On 13 October 2017 at 13:09, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote:
> And you can do getenv() and setenv() from a program running the traditional 
> EXEC PGM= way.
>
> An important concept to keep in mind is that the mental model of 
> "there is a legacy MVS over here, and then over there in some other 
> compartment is UNIX, and you run in one place or the other" is erroneous.

Yes. IBM's "offering manager" for Swift on z/OS said that "USS is required", 
showing perhaps that he's not entirely familiar with the concept of z/OS UNIX.

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