Hi Rick, I may not get to try your XMITMSG tool for a while due to other commitments, but the VM facility I miss the most is the SMSG / WAKEUP SMSG facility that permits "server" VM's to run and respond to remote requests from "users". In a prior lifetime my coworkers and I used that facility to implement a nicely featured SCLM for an ISV.
I realize that a git server is the modern incarnation of that concept and git is certainly a much more sophisticated SCLM tool, but it would be interesting anyway to have something resembling SMSG / WAKEUP SMSG available in z/OS. XMITMSG would be very helpful in a "disconnected server" setup for sure. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Rick Troth Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2017 8:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CMS style XMITMSG for Unix and other platforms EXTERNAL: This email originated from outside of Broadridge. Do not click any links or open any attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe. Aaaand ... it seems to be good enough for download: 'git clone' and then 'make tests'. Works. https://github.com/trothr/xmitmsgx You can also find it on Casita.Net: http://www.casita.net/pub/xmitmsgx/xmitmsgx-2.0.17.tar.gz I'd like to hear back from someone trying it on USS. Should work fine with batch or TSO too when using flat filenames. Realy I'd like to hear back from *anyone* (using it on, e.g., AIX or Linux or whatever). -- R; <>< On 12/11/17 09:34, Rick Troth wrote: > friends -- > > VM/CMS has a wonderful utility driven by 'XMITMSG' (the command) and by > APPLMSG (the macro). If you're a VMer, you know about it. If you're a > VSE or MVS person, maybe not. It's good stuff. For (at least) the second > time, I started putting together an XMITMSG work-alike for Unix (POSIX, > including Linux). Anyone else interested in this? If so, please let me > know. > > There are language libraries and message handlers in Unix land. I have > yet to find one that works like XMITMSG and the APPLMSG macro with token > replacement, enumerated messages, clear codes in the handling. Maybe > there is such, in which case my little "xmitmsgx" project might reduce > to simple interoperability glue code. If so, great! > > I WAS SHOCKED several years ago to learn that there is no equivalent > function in z/OS. It's an incredibly elegant way to handle localization > (national languages, regional dialects). This project should work on MVS > too; it's simple code. > > If you have time and inclination to try this thing (and offer feedback > ... or code), please holler. Thanks! -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
