I wouldn’t dispute that the Unix solution works. My issue with this and other suggested solutions is the burden it would place on ordinary users. It has long been customary in the MVS world for each user to logon to TSO with a concatenation of CLIST/EXEC libraries, some supplied by infrastructure, some by the local 'department', and some by the individual user. A 'salable' solution cannot seriously compromise productivity.
I support users on two continents. Technical elegance ranks pretty far down the list. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 5:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Concatenating VB and FB ? On Mon, 13 May 2019 22:12:45 +0000, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >I haven’t researched SMPE on this question for a long time. VB REXX elements >may be legal now. If you have any, that proves your case. > They always have been legal. IIRC, when Rexx first came to TSO/E v2, circa advent of MVS/XA, IBM issued a GIM recommending SYSEXEC have RECFM=VB, no line numbers, and mixed case for legibility. IBM didn't follow its own advice. >OTOH it doesn't matter much because if there is even one each of FB and VB >elements, you still have the same problem with concatenation.. This will not >work: > >//SYSEXEC DD DSN=FB-PDS >// DD DSN=VB-PDS > True, but: //SYSEXEC DD DSN=FB-PDS // DD PATH='UNIX-Directory' and //SYSEXEC DD DSN=VB-PDS // DD PATH='UNIX-Directory' ... both work with the *very*same* UNIX-Directory. A strong argument for using the UNIX filesystem. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
