Paul
Not for the first time on this list I believe the discussion is concerning
the fashion sense of the angels dancing on the head of a pin.
Both your examples concern *content* not "lengths and formats". In the case
of an Assembler program necessarily written to be called by logic associated
wi
On Dec 14, 2006, at 10:37 PM, Ed Finnell wrote:
In a message dated 12/14/2006 1:52:20 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I first met Don at SHARE in the MVT Project in the late 70's. As
many
of you long-time SHARE attendees know, Don produced many of the
buttons;
he
In a message dated 12/14/2006 1:52:20 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I first met Don at SHARE in the MVT Project in the late 70's. As many
of you long-time SHARE attendees know, Don produced many of the buttons;
he had a table at SCIDS where he sold them. Don had r
If the current contribution supersedes or outweighs what came before,
top posting is clearly superior. This assertion of course illustrates
the foolishness of such "rules".
Charles Richmond wrote:
Howard Brazee wrote:
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:54:23 -0500, CBFalconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I'd like to make folks aware of a link we just added to the z/OS download
Web page ( http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/downloads/ ). The
IBM Migration Checker for z/OS is a new as is tool . It includes twelve
batch programs you can run to help determine whether certain migration
act
Kirk,
You are mistaken. I was the individual who patented these techniques
while I was an employee at BMC Software (the patent rights were assigned
to BMC). Corporations are not allowed to patent anything, only
individuals.
However, I agree that patents for software are not a good idea, but
copyr
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Warner Mach
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 6:43 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones
>
> Charles Mills wrote:
>
> >I don't think
Charles Mills wrote:
>I don't think so (but I'm not a patent attorney). If you can put your
hand
>on a Bible and swear that you did not think you were infringing, then
it's
>not willful infringement, AFAIK.
I see where google has just released a search facility to search
patents.
This would, p
Not if it is a SYS1 dataset. Page datasets and SYS1 datasets are an
exception for not being able to exist in only one catalog at a time.
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:39:45 -0600, Dave Kopischke
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:25:31 -0800, Howard Rifkind wrote:
>
>>On the Test side i
In a recent note, Charles Mills said:
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:58:46 -0800
>
> Way OT, but FWIW, Whelan v. Jaslow ruled that copyright protected code
> re-written from one programming language to another. As I recall the case,
> it was a transcription from IBM Series/1 EDX to somet
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:25:31 -0800, Howard Rifkind wrote:
>On the Test side it shows up as follows:
>
>SYS1.IODF11 ,
> , SHR92B
>SYS1.IODF11.CLUSTER ,
> , *VSAM*
>SYS1.IODF11.WORK,
> , SHR92B
>SYS1.I
Thanks, all the advice is excellent and Ill implement
it as soon as I can. But in the mean time I have to
get that dataset recataloged to the Prod LPAR.
Like I said, the volume is shared and the names of the
catalogs are the same on both sides.
On the Prod side it shows up as follows:
SYS1.IOD
BMC patented the 3270 datastream compression process in their early
product for compressing CICS inbound and outbound streams. When Duquesne
Systems TPX product had the same functionality but was not a "compression
product" per se, they did not sue. When the same code was used to build a
stan
Way OT, but FWIW, Whelan v. Jaslow ruled that copyright protected code
re-written from one programming language to another. As I recall the case,
it was a transcription from IBM Series/1 EDX to something else, maybe PC
Pascal. And the plaintiff was able to show that "dead" code that was never
c
On 12/14/2006 9:41 AM, Chase, John wrote:
What does a patent do for your software "invention" that copyright does
not? I.e., why is copyright not sufficient?
I'm not a lawyer, and so this is only approximate.
However, in simple terms:
(a) copyright protects an expression of an idea: a poem, d
Ed Jaffe (from the PSI that is not being sued) demonstrated a good one
recently that I'm now using:
Jxx *+2
Which generates A7x4 0001. No base register necessary, and PSW points
between the A7x4 and 0001.
Later,
Ray
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirk Talman
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:20 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: S0C1 with ILC 6
>
>
> no wonder you are not naming them! An ugly way to catch a
> bad re
no wonder you are not naming them! An ugly way to catch a bad return code
and an ugly way to abend a program. I have come to like EX 0,*, though it
requires a base register.
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 12/14/2006
05:14:02 PM:
>A further thought, it might be intentional. This
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:14 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: S0C1 with ILC 6
>
>
>A further thought, it might be intentional. This
> particular I
A further thought, it might be intentional. This particular ISV has a
nasty habit of using 0C1 for debugging and as a response to unexpected
circumstances. Usually, there's at least an eyecatcher.
>
> The ISV seems to have a serious coding problem :)
> Or it's some other wild branch that j
No, and I just read it a few hours ago in an attempt to help you. That
DEFAULT behavior WAS NOT documented.
Bob Richards
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:26 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA
Granted, and we'll tell the ISV. While they're mulling it, I was
wondering how non-zero comes back from CEEBPIRA and see if we can stop
that.
The ISV seems to have a serious coding problem :)
Or it's some other wild branch that just happens to land here :(
Dave Gibney
Twelve may be correct, but that BNZ 496(,R12) is not. That is the
instruction causing the problem.
Larry Crilley
Dino Software, Corp.
http://www.dino-software.com/
412.734.2853
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Gibney, Dave
Sen
Howard,
As already noted, your IODF needs to be cataloged to PROD only for
dynamic activations or to use as input for HCD work on PROD (and you can
do that from the TEST system). You can IPL with it without it having to
be cataloged (you will receive a warning message that dynamic activation
is d
No twelve is correct. It contains the entry address.
It appears that backing up a little further:
000751B2 01F2 LAR0,4 4100 0004
000751B6 01F6 L R15,12(R15,) 58FF 000C
000751BA 01FA BALR R14,R15
Since Don was "always" badge #1 I've written to Smith-Bucklin / SHARE HQ
to propose that hs number be retired. In these days of electronic
registration probably nothing more than symbolic, but Don was one reason I
stayed with SHARE in the early days; he made it great for a newcomer, and
he was
In a message dated 12/14/2006 3:16:31 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>01FE BNZ496(,R12) 4770 C1F0
Several other posts have explained what went wrong. I will add a little
more: you have messed up your base register and/or local ad
Gibney, Dave wrote:
That's my point. I get an 0c1 with the PSW pointing to a valid
instruction.
SYSTEM COMPLETION CODE=0C1 REASON CODE=0001
TIME=19.25.42 SEQ=09077 CPU= ASID=0088
PSW AT TIME OF ERROR 078D2000 800791C6 ILC 6 INTC 01
Or someone code something like: B *+2 and not B *+4.
Larry Crilley
Dino Software, Corp.
http://www.dino-software.com/
412.734.2853
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of McKown, John
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:32 PM
To: IBM-
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Crilley
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:27 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: S0C1 with ILC 6
>
>
> Well, there you go.
>
> R12 is your base for the BNZ 496(,R12).
I guess it's been to long staring at this, I was thinking the ILC in
IEA995I was hex, not decimal.
The ISV has all we have until the SLP trips.
Thanks for the correction of my thinking.
Dave Gibney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
System Programmer(
In a message dated 12/14/2006 3:11:12 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>An LA instruction can not program check.
It can not produce an interrupt when it is executed, but it can appear to
have done so. I produced a S0C4 by trying to execute an LA instruction in
sto
Well, there you go.
R12 is your base for the BNZ 496(,R12).
Adding the value in R12 to 496 (x'1FE0') yields: 78FD0 + 1F0 = 791C0.
So you would branch there. The code at 791C0 is C1F050104120. C1 would be
ILC 6.
You get this abend when you take the BNZ.
Larry Crilley
Dino Software, Corp.
h
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:15:29 -0800, Gibney, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's my point. I get an 0c1 with the PSW pointing to a valid
>instruction.
>SYSTEM COMPLETION CODE=0C1 REASON CODE=0001
> TIME=19.25.42 SEQ=09077 CPU= ASID=0088
> PSW AT TIME OF ERROR 078D2000 800791C6
Latest update on my PMR:
DFSMSdss is "WAD". The "change bits" are reset on "physical" RESTOREs
(i.e., RESTORE FULL and RESTORE TRACKS), but not on "logical" RESTOREs
(i.e., RESTORE DATASET). What this means is that RESTORE FULL does NOT
create a true and correct copy of the source volume that
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Gibney, Dave
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:15 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: S0C1 with ILC 6
You can get a S0C1 (PIC 1) with ILC 6 if the prior instruction that
executed successfu
1) If the psw points just beyond the last instruction and
2) noting that X'C1' is not valid op code
the a B or J to offset X'200' causes an 0C1
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 12/14/2006
04:15:29 PM:
>That's my point. I get an 0c1 with the PSW pointing to a valid
> instruction.
> S
In a message dated 12/14/2006 3:08:43 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>For supervisor-call and program interruptions, a nonzero ILC
identifies in halfwords the length of the instruction that was last
executed.
When the ILC's two bits are both ones, this means that a
In a message dated 12/14/2006 2:57:41 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>There is nothing valid about a ST R7,7 instruction;
that says "store the contents of R7 into location 7
of memory"; this is protected storage; and it is an
odd address.
All true, except the OP a
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:41:47 -0800, Howard Rifkind wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have the following questions about getting the Prod
>LPAR to access the IODF from the Test LPAR.
>
>I did all the needed work on the Test LPAR and the
>activation of IODF11 completed without any issues.
>
>Now I want to use thi
That's my point. I get an 0c1 with the PSW pointing to a valid
instruction.
SYSTEM COMPLETION CODE=0C1 REASON CODE=0001
TIME=19.25.42 SEQ=09077 CPU= ASID=0088
PSW AT TIME OF ERROR 078D2000 800791C6 ILC 6 INTC 01
ACTIVE LOAD MODULE
Don Marquardt was the most prolific creator of "buttons" at SHARE,
and while there was a small charge for the buttons, what little
profit Don made over just the production costs, was donated to
good charities, and, in a few cases, anon flowers were delivered to
SHARE HQ Staff.
His buttons, with do
I think you are still confused. :>) An LA instruction can not program
check.
Chuck Arney
illustro Systems International, LLC
http://www.illustro.com
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Yah, I had the run instruction from an earlier memory.
But from PoPs Section 6.1.4:
The instruction-length code (ILC) occupies two bit positions and
provides
the length of the last instruction executed.
And:
For supervisor-call and program interruptions, a nonzero ILC
identifies in
Gibney, Dave wrote:
We are having a strange and sporadic abend in some ISV code. So far
all we've got is the IEA995I SYMPTOM DUMP. I've set a SLP to get more.
The PSW points to a perfectly valid ST R7,7 instruction.
There is nothing valid about a ST R7,7 instruction;
that says "store the
Sorry, its an LAR1,82
The ST R7,7 is the tail of a SSM earlier in the module that SYSVIEW
didn't recognize for me. I'm confused sometimes :)
Dave Gibney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
System Programmer(509) 335-7359
Information Technology
Washingt
We have 'SYSHCD' which is located in a shared UCAT, so our IODF's are
similar to 'SYSHCD.IODFxx'.
Steve Horein
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:42 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Su
Can you verify that instruction? ST R7,7 (5077) would certainly cause
an S0C4.
Larry Crilley
Dino Software, Corp.
http://www.dino-software.com/
412.734.2853
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Gibney, Dave
Sent: Thursday, Dec
We are having a strange and sporadic abend in some ISV code. So far
all we've got is the IEA995I SYMPTOM DUMP. I've set a SLP to get more.
The PSW points to a perfectly valid ST R7,7 instruction.
The strange thing to me is an ILC of 6. How can I get 6 from a 2 bit
field?
We just comple
Hello,
I have the following questions about getting the Prod
LPAR to access the IODF from the Test LPAR.
I did all the needed work on the Test LPAR and the
activation of IODF11 completed without any issues.
Now I want to use this same IODF11 which has all the
needed elements in it for both the T
Sorry... we ran out of brochures for the following two products at CMG
in Reno. For those that stopped by, you can download and print them
from the links below.
TCP Problem Finder pdf brochure (tool for easier problem determination)
can be downloaded and printed from here
http://www.esaigr
This isn't the PC world, we might care about the data on this tape. You
didn't say if this is a backup or migration volume.
All the IBM manuals you should ever need are at:
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/
If you have a TAPECOPY of this tape, then TAPEREPL may be you
The syntax for MARKFULL is in the DELVOL section of the "HSM Storage
Administration Reference" manual. But my manual says that this makes
the tape eligible for recycling which seems redundant since it is
already being recycled (unsuccessfully).
I think what you really want is RECYCLE with EXECUTE
I received this mail yesterday.
Hello everyone,
My name is Lynn, I am Don's daughter.
I regret to inform everyone that my father passed away in his sleep
this weekend.
I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
please put "Don" in the subject
Lynn Clements
I first
Hallo To all
I am having a Dickens' of a time trying to solve this problem. DFHSM is
trying to recycle a tape and it cannot read it because of datachecks. I
performed a CANCEL REQUEST and got it out of the system. However, I was told
that DFHSM will try again to recycle that damaged ta
On 14 Dec 2006 10:07:24 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Sidler)
wrote:
>The ICA is part of the filing. The language is such that another machine
>may be used temporarily if the designated machine is inoperable. I supposed
>if you make the designated machine inoperable (unplug it?) you could run t
A while back Wintel wanted to sell the idea of having software look up
a unique number on a computer chip.People complained about privacy
issues.
But the big problem for me is the way Windows is designed to make it
very difficult to replace hardware or to turn tested backup machines
into the m
As those checkin kiosks at airports show, if you have a crdit card number,
you have the name of the person to whom the card was issued. By law and
at great expense, issuers verify that the information on the application
for a credit card represents a "real" person. By adding that name to the
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If I have a windows directory containing hundreds of files that all have
the
same file extension eg filname.DEF, how can I drop the file extension and
get them into a pds on the mainframe.
If you don't want to have to rename any of the files on your PC, you could
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:33:45 +, Jim McAlpine > wrote:
>That'll do nicely thanks.
>
>Jim McAlpine
>
>
You'll still have to aware of any files with names greater than 8
characters. PDS's still won't support long file names.
-
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Richards.Bob
>
> Just for fun, can you post the dump and restore JCL from your test?
Dump:
//STEP001 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU,REGION=8192K
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
/
Well, this forum is not the right place to "sell" my invention, but the
difference is that you might presumably be willing to share your name and
key with a wide circle of friends, and if you had had the malicious
foresight to buy it under an assumed name, then you could freely share it on
a bullet
Just for fun, can you post the dump and restore JCL from your test?
Bob Richards
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:17 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
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> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Richards.Bob
>
> John,
>
> These DFSMSdss dumps were not from AUTODUMP, were they?
> Because if they were, the DUMPCLASS could have the RESET
> keyword in its definition.
No; "DASD Backup Supervisor" from OpenTech
John,
These DFSMSdss dumps were not from AUTODUMP, were they? Because if they
were, the DUMPCLASS could have the RESET keyword in its definition.
Bob Richards
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Chase, John
Sent: Thursday, Decem
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:50:35 -0600, Tom Moulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There was a time when IBM had language in the license agreement that allowed
>the license to be transferred to another computer. What some within IBM
>viewed as a loophole was changed. However, the agreements in place co
Hi,
CA-ENF is flagged by the IBM 1 byte console tracker.CA-ENF does work
correctly and is documented by CA to work correctly on z/OS R8 though it
will still be flagged. CA common services finally provided us a USERMOD
which updated CA-ENF to not be flagged by the tracker but have stated
they
Public key cryptography was one of my inspirations. Discussion of cancelled
credit cards here http://cikeep.com/faq.htm.
Charles
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Jeffrey D. Smith
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:18 AM
To: IB
There was a time when IBM had language in the license agreement that allowed
the license to be transferred to another computer. What some within IBM
viewed as a loophole was changed. However, the agreements in place could
not be unilaterally changed by IBM.
IF PSI had such an agreement in place
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Charles Mills
>
> John Chase replied to my defense of software patents, and my
> mention that I had a software patent pending, with "What does
> a patent do for your software 'invention' that copyright does
> not?
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jack Kelly
>
> or the changed bit was reset and hsm thought that the dsn had
> not changed and then reconnected?
Opened a PMR with DFSMShsm, and among other things they explained how
hsm determines a dataset's eligib
We currently have 10 Sun/STK 9840 tape drives, each attached to its own ESCON
CHPID.
I'm trying to decide whether to acquire the IBM 3590 configuration described
below versus a similar number of FICON-attached STK 9840C drives, switched two
or three per FICON CHPID. Of course, the Sun/STK rep
Willie,
I have run this many times, and there is no impact as far as the system usage
of the catalog goes.
Depending on the errors the DIAG finds, it could be a rather long listing.
But I run it all the time.
Lizette Koehler
> -Original Message-
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Charles Mills
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:52 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: What does a patent do that copyright does not?
>
/snip/
> The invention is in the field of the
It is hunting for a dataset, not a DD-stmt. (COMPAREDS, not COMPAREDD).
David Mueller | Systems Programmer | DMS/EITS
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willie bunter
but the second part was bypassed.
DIAGNOSE VVDS
Thanks Rick,
I ran the job. The first part gave a return code of 0 but the second part
was bypassed. I checked the message but I cannot figure it out. Can you spot
my error?
DIAGNOSE -
ICFCATALOG -
Dino Software has the free offer on their website. Go to the following
URL and page down to the bottom of the page:
http://www.dino-software.com/downloads/pdf/IMBEDDetails.pdf
John Ayon
z/OS Server Technology - Technology Specialist
Pho
The fact that one or more (non-software) patents was ridiculous (and then
corrected) is not an argument that all software patents should be
disallowed.
It would be like pointing to a ridiculous result from one Windows computer
and saying it was an argument for getting rid of mainframes.
I can ass
C:> ren *.ext *.
and then FTP.
Charles
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Jim McAlpine
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:21 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: moving files with file extensions from windows to mainframe
If I
John Chase replied to my defense of software patents, and my mention that I
had a software patent pending, with "What does a patent do for your software
'invention' that copyright does not? I.e., why is copyright not
sufficient?"
Since the IBM-PSI thread had drifted so much, I decided to start a
willie bunter wrote:
I have been asked to run several CATALOG / VVDS DIAGNOSE on the production
LPAR. I am hesitant because I am not sure if there would be an impact. Below
is my jcl. Would there be any problems ?
//DIAGNOS EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:52:38 -0500, John P Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Are you certain about that?
>
>My understanding was that IBM licensed PSI to run z/OS on a "designated"
>real IBM mainframe.
No, not certain. But I thought that I had heard somewhere that the machine
L.L.Bean was testin
IBMLink "users" may find this information (from a recent post to CICS-L)
to be of interest ...
Over the past month or so, there have been many posts in this forum
about not being able to access IBMLink.
I have been involved in some meetings about availability, and wanted
to share the current sta
That'll do nicely thanks.
Jim McAlpine
On 12/14/06, TISLER Zaromil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<- snip ->
If I have a windows directory containing hundreds of files that all have
the
same file extension eg filname.DEF, how can I drop the file extension and
get them into a pds on the m
<- snip ->
If I have a windows directory containing hundreds of files that all have the
same file extension eg filname.DEF, how can I drop the file extension and
get them into a pds on the mainframe.
<- snip ->
What about:
1. step
DOS command:
rename *.DEF *.
2. step
ftp w
I have been asked to run several CATALOG / VVDS DIAGNOSE on the production
LPAR. I am hesitant because I am not sure if there would be an impact. Below
is my jcl. Would there be any problems ?
//DIAGNOS EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
If I have a windows directory containing hundreds of files that all have the
same file extension eg filname.DEF, how can I drop the file extension and
get them into a pds on the mainframe.
Jim McAlpine
--
For IBM-MAIN subscribe
On the other hand if change control changes code in any way they become
responsible for the results.
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 12/14/2006
04:31:46 AM:
> As an ex-change management person, I have to recommend you do not do
that
> and indeed that you prohibit your programmers from
I don't know if Dino Software is still doing this or not, but at one point they
were allowing free use of TREX to clean up imbed & replicate.
Bill
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McKown, John
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006
In a message dated 12/14/2006 9:54:44 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Note the revision bar. My experiment confirms. Perhaps you
were benefitting from a local mod.
>>
Well semi-hemi-demi. The A and D were added in 1.8 prior to that the A or D
was determined by fi
Even the acronym finder isn't quite sure..but does agree with
most. I seem to remember Output back in my earlier ops daze.
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=spool&string=exact
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We are at z/OS 1.6. Most of our catalogs date from the deep, dark past
of MVS 4.3. In effect, they all have IMBED. I know that IBM has
deprecated IMBED, but that datasets (including catalogs) which have it
will still be usable. This appears
In a recent note, Ed Finnell said:
> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:49:59 EST
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> In a message dated 12/14/2006 8:18:37 A.M. Central Standard Time,
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> Very new -- works on z/OS 1.8; fails with "too many sort fields"
> on 1.6.
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> Maybe it's just the syntax. C
Are you certain about that?
My understanding was that IBM licensed PSI to run z/OS on a "designated"
real IBM mainframe.
John P Baker
Software Engineer
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Robert Bardos wrote:
Rick Fochtman wrote (drifting slightly off topic):
While I can't speak for reverse order with respect to
catalog entries,
it makes a HUGE difference in deleting PDS members.
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> One irony. IBM licensed PSI to run z/OS on a "Designated
> Machin
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> John,
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> I'm just finishing up this same exercise. We're usin
One irony. IBM licensed PSI to run z/OS on a "Designated Machine" and now
they are suing them for running z/OS on that machine.
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> We are at z/OS 1.6. Most of our catalogs date from the deep,
> dark past of MVS 4.3. In effect, they all have IMBED. I know
> that IBM has deprecated IMBED, but that datasets (including
> catalogs)
John,
I'm just finishing up this same exercise. We're using the TREX tool from
Dinosoft. Please contact me offlist and I'll give you the details. Not as
bad as you might think.
Jimmy
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