So, I'm trying to get IPGATE to work on a new system.
It has certain prereqs, among them MTREXX and the compiled Rexx runtime.
MTREXX was no problem.
However.....the Rexx runtime is quite a challenge.
Sure, you can download it.
It arrives as a zip file. You unzip it on your desktop.
There's an ftpput.cmd file which shows the commands you need (mode E,
type B, lrecl, and so on).
Problem is, it doesn't work.
The EAGACTAL EXEC file that is produced is unreadable.
Retransmitting it as F 80 does indeed produce something that looks
like an EXEC, and that runs. Then it complains that it couldn't
actually....well:
EAGACTAL: Install and activate the Alternate Library
1. Verify if a REXX Runtime Library exists already:
A REXX Runtime System does not exist.
2. Specify filemode of the SOURCE disk (linked RR and accessed as):
g
LABEL VDEV M STAT CYL TYPE BLKSZ FILES BLKS USED-(%) BLKS
LEFT BLK TOTAL
- DIR G R/W - - 4096 11 -
- -
3. Specify filemode of the TARGET disk (linked R/W and accessed as):
h
LABEL VDEV M STAT CYL TYPE BLKSZ FILES BLKS USED-(%) BLKS
LEFT BLK TOTAL
- DIR H R/W - - 4096 0 -
- -
4. Activate Alternate Library with the following Copy commands:
EAGALPRC MODULE G EAGRTPRC = H (REPLACE
EAGRTALT MODULE G EAGRTLIB = H (REPlACE
EAGALUME REPAMENG G EAGUME = H (REPLACE
EAGALUME TXTAMENG G EAGUME = H (REPLACE
Execute? Specify 1 (Yes), or 0 (Exit):
1
DMSNXD616W EAGRTPRC does not exist
DMSMOD639E Error loading module EAGRTPRC, return code 11 from LOADMOD
EAGACTAL: EAGRTPRC returned unexpected, RC=-4
So, this is sort of a bummer. It looks to me like EAGALPRC MODULE
was, well, not actually transmitted correctly.
It strikes me that this all could be avoided by simply providing the
Alternate Library as a VMARC rather than a ZIP file. Would this be
possible?
Adam
