On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 19:20:43 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>
>Yes. Specifically, WITH input_redir [output_redir] [error_redir] .
>
>> Pointless for CMS or TSO since the concept of standard input/standard
>> output is alien to each.
>
>Perhaps pointless for CMS, but the TSO stack has all of the necessary
>facilities. TSO commands do not normally BSAM/QSAM or TGET/TPUT for line mode
>terminal I/O, but use service routines.
>
Errrr ...:
//STEP EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 ...
(But am I overlooking your "normally"?)
The thing I find brilliant in UNIX design is (accidentally) implied by the
first three letters: a oneness. Things work the same in foreground and batch.
There's no TGET versus LINEIN versus SYSTSIN versus SYSTERM versus SYSIN versus
...
There were few enough designers that that they could reach a consensus.
Maybe it's Brooks's fault for underrating timesharing.
-- gil
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