cat DD: isn't documented as supported? :-) what about "cp //DD:xxx /dev/fd1" - is that the shell?
On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 3:50 PM Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 5 May 2020 13:12:44 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: > > > >"deploy" ? > > > "employ"? > > >ISTR that this is your favorite example of using DD's in the shell :-) > > > >cat //DD:MYDD > > > o FSVO "favorite". See Appendix K of the Command Ref. It's not > supported; it may work by happenstance; if it breaks you get to > keep both parts. > > o If it happens to work it's because of "cat" and not "sh". I'd > expect it to behave alike under "bash". > > > >On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 9:17 AM Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 5 May 2020 08:56:59 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: > >> > >> >FWIW, I would love to use bash exclusively on z/OS, but without > >> >_BPX_SHAREAS support: > >> > > >> >- there are things that you just can't do, like use DDs > >> > > >> Where does a shell employ DDs? > >> > >> >- the overhead for forking new address spaces is significant for many > >> >tasks. > >> > > >> That seems to be an argument for retaining _BPX_SHAREAS support. > >> And for a shell's using spawn() where possible rather than fork(). > > -- 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
