AW: REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF)

2006-12-21 Thread Volkmar Langer
You are right. I'm using this construct in several REXX procedures and it works fine. Volkmar Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List im Auftrag von Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3) Gesendet: Do 21.12.2006 16:35 An: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Betreff: Re: REXX Question - Variable Con

Trying to switch from 3590J to 3590K tapes.

2006-12-21 Thread John Benik
We are attempting to switch from 3590J(MEDIA3) to 3590K(media4) tapes but HSM is issuing the messages below. We have ejected all the J media scratches and inserted enough of the K media to at least get through tonight. But it's critical that we figure this out before this weekend. CBR4195I LAC

Re: Question about SVC 109

2006-12-21 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 21:13 +0100 on 12/21/2006, Lindy Mayfield wrote about Question about SVC 109: Can someone please tell me if I have gotten this right? (: SVC's are numbered from 0 to 255. From 0 to 199 are reserved for IBM use. SVC 109 is basically an SVC that can call an SVC from 0 to 255, and again IBM

Re: SMF Type 19 and IPL Hang

2006-12-21 Thread Shane
On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 15:07 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote: > This happened to us and we had to wait over half an hour for a > full-volume dump (occurring on another system) of a 60K cylinder DASD to > finish before SMF would initialize and the IPL could continue. ADRUENQ maybe ??? Depends on other e

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

2006-12-21 Thread Rick Fochtman
You make the presumption (sorry) that this doctrine applies to all court cases. It only constitutionally applies to criminal courts. In civil court, the burden of proof is on the defendant - always has been, even in English common law. That's why

Re: REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF)

2006-12-21 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3) Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF) Assuming you want to stick to REXX an

Re: TLMS CopyCat Utility

2006-12-21 Thread Russell Witt
What Len said is correct. I have taken his example and added some comments so you can see what each control statement does. Please feel free to open a support-issue and ask questions. That is what support is here for. Russell Witt CA-Dynam/TLMS Level-2 Support Manager .. //STEP1 EXEC PGM=C

Re: REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF)

2006-12-21 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3)
Assuming you want to stick to REXX and the variables are in a separate member, something like this should work: /*REXX*/ ... "ALLOC F(COPYBOOK) DS('datastname(member)') SHR" "EXECIO * DISKR COPYBOOK (STEM cb_vars. FINIS" "FREE F(COPYBOOK)" do i = 1 to cb_vars.0 interpret cb_vars.i end Pete

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

2006-12-21 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 12/21/2006 5:53:07 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Could someone provide the name of the legal listserv. Since all the lawyer wannabes are over here, maybe some sysadmin wannabes are over there talking about the mainframe. >> Yeah, guess Darren

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

2006-12-21 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
Could someone provide the name of the legal listserv. Since all the lawyer wannabes are over here, maybe some sysadmin wannabes are over there talking about the mainframe. You make the presumption (sorry) that this doctrine applies to all court cases. It only constitutionally applies to crim

Re: SMF Type 19 and IPL Hang

2006-12-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
Tom Marchant wrote: I wonder what happens if your SMFPRMxx used at IPL time excludes type 19 records, then after everything is up you issue SETSMF (or SET SMF) to include type 19 records. Yeah, I know, it's kind of a kluge, but I wonder how the system behaves. The tricky part is you can't i

Re: Now, address linkmvs - resent

2006-12-21 Thread Phil Sidler
>I don't think so, for address linkmvs. You have to You're right. This only works for 1 parameter as if from a JCL PARM. Rexx extends this and c doesn't handle multiple "PARMS". -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive ac

Re: SMF Type 19 and IPL Hang

2006-12-21 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:07:21 -0800, Edward Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If you collect SMF Type 19 records, beware that an >SMF-initialization-time LSPACE request is issued for every volume >connected to the system. If SYSVTOC.volid is held by another system for >any significant period of ti

Re: Now, address linkmvs - resent

2006-12-21 Thread Steve Comstock
[re-sent with the correct Reply-to; sorry] Phil Sidler wrote: On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:42:22 -0700, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Indeed, I tried what you suggested and got a S0C4 (of course, I could have made some kind of an error in copying or compiling, etc., but I think I'm clos

Re: Now, address linkmvs

2006-12-21 Thread Steve Comstock
Phil Sidler wrote: On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:42:22 -0700, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Indeed, I tried what you suggested and got a S0C4 (of course, I could have made some kind of an error in copying or compiling, etc., but I think I'm closer to right on this one). Well, I was a b

SMF Type 19 and IPL Hang

2006-12-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
If you collect SMF Type 19 records, beware that an SMF-initialization-time LSPACE request is issued for every volume connected to the system. If SYSVTOC.volid is held by another system for any significant period of time, an IPLing system will appear to be "stuck". This happened to us and we had

Re: Now, address linkmvs

2006-12-21 Thread Phil Sidler
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:42:22 -0700, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Indeed, I tried what you suggested and got a S0C4 >(of course, I could have made some kind of an >error in copying or compiling, etc., but I think >I'm closer to right on this one). Well, I was a bit cavalier in thinki

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

2006-12-21 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray Mullins Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 4:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones You make the presumption (sorry) that this doctrine appli

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

2006-12-21 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:02:19 -0600, Tom Moulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >One thing I keep thinking about through all of this --- > >What about the American tradition of presumption of innocence? Don't we >pride ourselves as a country on presuming that a person is innocent until >proven guilty

Re: Now, address linkmvs

2006-12-21 Thread Steve Comstock
Phil Sidler wrote: On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:32:02 -0700, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Since the argument list for address linkmvs is a list (array) of addresses pointing to halfword prefix strings, I use: #pragma environment(CLA2) struct argtable_entry { short argstring_

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

2006-12-21 Thread Ray Mullins
You make the presumption (sorry) that this doctrine applies to all court cases. It only constitutionally applies to criminal courts. In civil court, the burden of proof is on the defendant - always has been, even in English common law. That's why OJ owes the Goldman family a bazillion dollars or

cobol versions

2006-12-21 Thread Bill Klein
Depends on what run-time is available. If LE (Language Environment) is available at run-time (probably via the linklist - but possibly in a steplib), then you can run either VS COBOL II or Enterprise COBOL compiled programs. If you only the VS COBOL II run-time available, then NO you cannot run

Re: Now, address linkmvs

2006-12-21 Thread Phil Sidler
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:32:02 -0700, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Since the argument list for address linkmvs >is a list (array) of addresses pointing to >halfword prefix strings, I use: > >#pragma environment(CLA2) > struct argtable_entry { >short argstring_len; >ch

Re: Now, address linkmvs

2006-12-21 Thread Steve Comstock
Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:32:02 -0700, Steve Comstock wrote: But once again, I'm running into troubles with C. But it looks like argp[0]->argstring_len is 16448 (decimal; this is '4040' in hex, so it looks like I'm getting spaces in what is expected to be a length field). A

Re: question about SVC 109

2006-12-21 Thread john gilmore
John McKown wrote: As far as I can see, in today's z/OS environment, everything could be architected as a type 1, 3, or 6 SVC with no real impact on functionality. If I'm blowing smoke, please educate me on the advantages of a type 2 (other than no paging, I guess) or a type 4. and it

Re: Question about SVC 109

2006-12-21 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 3:07 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Question about SVC 109 > > > Lindy Mayfield wrote: > > The doc above says specifically: >

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

2006-12-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:51:32 -0600, Patrick O'Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:59:15 -0600, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >>... >>Why would you expect them to mention it or stop advertising? Has any >>other company ever stopped advertising their product because

Re: Question about SVC 109

2006-12-21 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 3:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question about SVC 109 So type-3 or type-4 is the same nowdays? As I recall, TYPE 3 are single pag

Re: Question about SVC 109

2006-12-21 Thread Lindy Mayfield
So type-3 or type-4 is the same nowdays? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Question about SVC 109 Lindy Mayfield wrote: > The doc abov

Re: Question about SVC 109

2006-12-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
Lindy Mayfield wrote: The doc above says specifically: ESR (type 4) SVC - is type 2 But I didn't quite understand that. Seems SVC 109 is a type-2 that only calls type-4 SVC's, but that doesn't quit jive for me (yet). That was my question. (-: SVC 109 is a type-2 standard SVC routine tha

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

2006-12-21 Thread Tom Moulder
One thing I keep thinking about through all of this --- What about the American tradition of presumption of innocence? Don't we pride ourselves as a country on presuming that a person is innocent until proven guilty? Has there been a trial of PSI or IBM's claims yet? Maybe in Phil's mind, but n

Re: Question about SVC 109

2006-12-21 Thread Lindy Mayfield
Hello Rob, I see what you are saying, but one thing that was a bit confusing (after some research) was the doc here that says "ESR (type 4) SVC - is type-2". http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2V260/1.4.3.112?SHELF=IEA2BK61&DT=20050713173259 But, I also from that see t

Re: Now, address linkmvs

2006-12-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:32:02 -0700, Steve Comstock wrote: > > But once again, I'm running into troubles with C. > > But it looks like argp[0]->argstring_len is > 16448 (decimal; this is '4040' in hex, so it > looks like I'm getting spaces in what is > expected to be a length field). > > Any sugg

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

2006-12-21 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:59:15 -0600, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... >Why would you expect them to mention it or stop advertising? Has any >other company ever stopped advertising their product because of >impending litigation? >... I was questioning SHARE's apparent endorsement of th

Re: TLMS CopyCat Utility

2006-12-21 Thread Rugen, Len
Below is a part of one of the last ones I ran, but it's been awhile. Note PARM='TEST', it is your friend, it will tell you what it will try to do before updating anything. If I remember correctly, this would copy all active files from the tape volumes listed AND those on any other tapes in the v

Re: Negative Add Sort Help

2006-12-21 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
>You can turn the positive values negative by multiplying them by -1 DOH!! Major Homer Simpson moment - with the hand print on the forehead to prove it. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) --

TLMS CopyCat Utility

2006-12-21 Thread Carlos Bodra
Some time ago I sent to IBM-Main list a question about migration of old 3480/90 physical cartridges to a VTS subsystem. Someone sends me an e-mail telling about COPYCAT. I, now got this product from CA-Brazil and installed it, but some technical simple doubts arise, so I will need to study and tes

Re: Question about SVC 109

2006-12-21 Thread Robert Wright
Lindy Mayfield wrote on 12/21/2006 15:13:04: > Can someone please tell me if I have gotten this right? (: > > SVC's are numbered from 0 to 255. > > From 0 to 199 are reserved for IBM use. > > SVC 109 is basically an SVC that can call an SVC from 0 to 255, and > again IBM has reserved 0 - 199 for t

Now, address linkmvs

2006-12-21 Thread Steve Comstock
OK, so I've got address link working for programs written in Assembler, COBOL, PL/I, and [thanks to Phil Sidler], C. They also work for address attach, except for COBOL, which is OK since the doc says that neither address link nor address attach are supported by COBL, so I guess I'm ahead of the g

Question about SVC 109

2006-12-21 Thread Lindy Mayfield
Can someone please tell me if I have gotten this right? (: SVC's are numbered from 0 to 255. >From 0 to 199 are reserved for IBM use. SVC 109 is basically an SVC that can call an SVC from 0 to 255, and again IBM has reserved 0 - 199 for their own use. This in essence extends the range of SVC'

Re: question about SYS1.BRODCAST

2006-12-21 Thread Mark Zelden
The OP didn't say what OS version his LPAR was. The specification for the broadcast data set in IKJTSOxx was new in z/OS 1.6. However, it has been ignored / not needed in MSTJCLxx since z/OS 1.3 IIRC. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America /

Re: Negative Add Sort Help

2006-12-21 Thread Frank Yaeger
Jeffrey Deaver wrote on 12/21/2006 08:16:15 AM: > I have two files in the same format... > > ADC.DPGMDEV.TWORK.HDBSPB.IT010 2006-08-31...Â. > CCC4CDCDCCE4EEDDD4CCCEDC4CEFFF446FF6FF00160 > 143B4774455B36692B842272B930100020060080310072C > > ... That's the te

Re: Fw: Negative Add Sort Help

2006-12-21 Thread Mike Bell
Do all your numbers end in 0? there can also be 1C through 9C. On 12/21/06, Jeffrey Deaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Crude, but I decided to simply edit my file2 and change x'0c' to x'0d' for 0-9 in the sign column. -- Mike -

Re: question about SYS1.BRODCAST

2006-12-21 Thread Imbriale, Donald (Exchange)
>From Init & Tuning Reference: The master scheduler JCL no longer has to point to the broadcast data set. You now specify the broadcast data set in the IKJTSOxx member. The master JCL will no longer allocate the broadcast data set. TSO/E will use either the default (SYS1.BRODCAST) or the

question about SYS1.BRODCAST

2006-12-21 Thread John Norgauer
In my test LPAR MSTRJCLxx, I have no dd for SYSLBC, yet when I do WHOHAS command, I see that the MASTER ASID has an allocation to the BRODCAST dsn. How does master asid start-up do all the allocations for this dataset and the other datasets which are not specifically defined in my MSTRJCLXX? Joh

Re: HCD EDT's Generics

2006-12-21 Thread Howard Rifkind
Thanks every one. Took previce advise and did exactly that. --- Bruce Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I would like to break out the 3390 generic into 2 > > groups; 3390-3 and 3390-9. > Sorry, generics are based on the 4-byte device type > in the UCB, and > there is only a single device

Re: HCD EDT's Generics

2006-12-21 Thread Bruce Black
I would like to break out the 3390 generic into 2 groups; 3390-3 and 3390-9. Sorry, generics are based on the 4-byte device type in the UCB, and there is only a single device type for all models of 3390. As others suggested, esoterics are the way to go -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Devel

Re: REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF)

2006-12-21 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arthur T. Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF) Create a single string with all of the assig

Re: Deleting HSM Backups questions

2006-12-21 Thread Larry Burch
David, DELVOL is what I meant when I said I had deleted a number of primary volumes. And, to my understanding, the "days" parameter for EXPIREBV says to delete only stuff that is *older* than "days". The manual says "If the age of such a backup version exceeds 'days', the EXPIREBV command dele

Re: REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF)

2006-12-21 Thread Dave Salt
Have you tried VPUT / VGET to the PROFILE pool instead of the application or shared pool? Just asking. I wouldn't recommend it. Unlike the SHARED pool (which is dynamically created and deleted during ISPF sessions), the PROFILE pool is kept 'forever'; i.e. it's saved on disk. And just like eve

Re: DFHSM Secondary Space Management

2006-12-21 Thread Friske, Michael
There are lots of reasons primary space management is not finishing. This may be one of them. What version of DFSMShsm are you running? How many tasks are you using the Primary Space Management? Do most of your MGMTCLAS definitions specify to go to ML1 or directly to ML2 or both? What type of tap

Fw: Negative Add Sort Help

2006-12-21 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
Crude, but I decided to simply edit my file2 and change x'0c' to x'0d' for 0-9 in the sign column. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] 651-665-4231(v) 651-610-7670(p) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: IBM ATM machines

2006-12-21 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That reminds me. The first ATMs in Canada I saw at my bank were made by IBM - and they used a formed-character printer to print the information about the transaction on card stock media. It was apparent to me that what they were using was exactly the right size to be a 9

Fw: Negative Add Sort Help

2006-12-21 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
A small almost got-me... more than one representation for positive in that last nibble... C, along with F, and I see from my lookup that it could have also been A or E. Anyone know why there is a difference? I'm switching them all to D for my subtraction. Jeffrey Deaver, Engineer Systems Engin

Negative Add Sort Help

2006-12-21 Thread Jeffrey Deaver
Help. I have two files in the same format... ADC.DPGMDEV.TWORK.HDBSPB.IT010 2006-08-31...Â. CCC4CDCDCCE4EEDDD4CCCEDC4CEFFF446FF6FF00160 143B4774455B36692B842272B930100020060080310072C ... That's the text with the hex turned on below it. Both files conta

Re: Receiving Monthley PUT Tapes

2006-12-21 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- Does anyone one know if it is possible to receive monthly PUT Tapes? Who should I contact? - It's possible, but unless you intend to apply maintenance that often, why bother? IMHO, you're better off

Re: REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF)

2006-12-21 Thread Arthur T.
On 21 Dec 2006 06:20:47 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thompson, Steve , SCI TW) wrote: I have a problem where I would like to pass some number of variables between different REXX sources (in this case >200). I have placed the variables

Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread Jack Kelly
Or if it's SAS, you could concatenate a SAS OPTION statement before the SAS source. Jack Kelly LA Systems @ US Courts x 202-502-2390 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: HCD EDT Question

2006-12-21 Thread Carol Srna
I Think You Mean or I Thought You Meant. Howard Rifkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 12/21/2006 10:27 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject Re: HCD EDT Question Tom, Thanks. But what is ITYM ?

Re: HCD EDT Question

2006-12-21 Thread Howard Rifkind
Tom, Thanks. But what is ITYM ? --- Tom Marchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:34:10 -0800, Howard Rifkind > wrote: > > >Hello. > > > >I have just make a change to my EDT 00 to add Disk9 > >for 3390 mod 9's and Disk3 for 3390 mod 3's. > > > >Is this considered a software o

Re: Receiving Monthley PUT Tapes

2006-12-21 Thread James Smith
Sadly Ed - and despite IBM promoting such services - not yet available on a worldwide basis. James F. Smith -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: 21 December 2006 22:27 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, R.S. said: > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:58:43 +0100 > > > > I tried to understand both JCL Reference and UG (the latter not > > even giving a single hit when doing a fuzzy search for 'symbol' > > ...) but came up clueless. > In #<<< 5.4.2.1 "z/OS V1R7.0 MVS JCL Reference

Re: Receiving Monthley PUT Tapes

2006-12-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:43:32 +0200, גדי בן אבי <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Could you provide an example of such a job? > SMP/E 3.4 Manuals: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves/GIM2BK50 SHARE session 2851 from Seattle in March 2006 SMP/E Internet Service Retrie

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

2006-12-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:11:57 -0600, Patrick O'Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Interesting. SHARE is still sending out ads about PSI. They don't seem >to mention a law suit: > Why would you expect them to mention it or stop advertising? Has any other company ever stopped advertising their pro

Re: Receiving Monthley PUT Tapes

2006-12-21 Thread גדי בן אבי
Hi, Could you provide an example of such a job? Thanx Gadi -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 4:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Receiving Monthley PUT Tapes bci ao `a

Re: assembler question (strong typing)

2006-12-21 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said: > Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:36:40 -0500 > > I've written programs where the lower bound was negative. Yes, the > code was clearer that way than it would have otherwise been. > Heck, I've written programs in Rexx and awk (others might use

Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread Alan Brown
How about . // SET QUOT = // SET X = SUCCESS // SET A=&X // SET B="&A=&X" //STEPA EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM ="&A" //STEPB EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM ="&B" Alan Brown Princeton Softech (609) 627-5598

Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread Robert Bardos
Peter Hunkeler replied: > Betreff: Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol > > > > //SASPROC ENTRY=SASXAL0, > > // OPTIONS=, > > // SORT=4 > > > //* > > //SAS EXEC PGM=&ENTRY,PARM='SORT=&SORT &OPTIONS' > >

Re: REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF)

2006-12-21 Thread Rob Scott
Steve, I wrote a couple of fairly simple assembler REXX functions a few years ago to pass stem variables between two separate REXX execs in the same address space. They are called STEMPUSH and STEMPULL and can be found in the downloads section of www.mximvs.com STEMPUSH puts the rexx variables

Re: Receiving Monthley PUT Tapes

2006-12-21 Thread Edward Jaffe
bci ao `ai wrote: Hi, Does anyone one know if it is possible to receive monthly PUT Tapes? Who should I contact? You can order such tapes through IBMLink (ServiceLink) and (I think) ShopzSeries. But why? We run a RECEIVE ORDER job _every_ night:. That provides us with have the most curre

Re: REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF)

2006-12-21 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:19 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF) > > My options at this po

REXX Question - Variable Control & Passing (IPCS/ISPF)

2006-12-21 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
I have a problem where I would like to pass some number of variables between different REXX sources (in this case >200). I have placed the variables into a single REXX source. And I know that this can't be called and then have those variables available in the calling REXX exec (if I can, that w

Receiving Monthley PUT Tapes

2006-12-21 Thread גדי בן אבי
Hi, Does anyone one know if it is possible to receive monthly PUT Tapes? Who should I contact? Gadi -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MA

Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3)
> //SASPROC ENTRY=SASXAL0, > // OPTIONS=, > // SORT=4 > //* > //SAS EXEC PGM=&ENTRY,PARM='SORT=&SORT &OPTIONS' How about: //STEP1 EXEC PROC=SAS, // PARM.SAS='SORT=4 add whatever parms you need he

Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread Roger Bowler
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:44:58 +0100, Robert Bardos wrote: > How can I get &X resolved in STEPB in the following stripped down example: > // SET X=SUCCESS > // SET A=&X > // SET B='A=&X' > //STEPA EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM='&A' > //STEPB EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM='&B' Surprisingly, it

Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread Robert Bardos
Thanks Terry, I'll give it a try. Ultimately I want to pass a SYSPARM='variable=value' string to SAS. This however is deeply encapsulated. Somewhat similar to // EXEC SAS,PARM= opt2 opt3>> (I used <> instead of quotes to illustrate the nesting levels. "value" in this sample being the element t

Re: HCD EDT Question

2006-12-21 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:34:10 -0800, Howard Rifkind wrote: >Hello. > >I have just make a change to my EDT 00 to add Disk9 >for 3390 mod 9's and Disk3 for 3390 mod 3's. > >Is this considered a software or hardware change to >HCD. It is a software change. > >Do I have to create a new IODF and activ

Re: How Not to Hard-code Library name in ATL - RMM?

2006-12-21 Thread Mike Wood
Carol, Yes both HOME and CURRENT are reserved location names, and as such they have special meaning. They effectively translate to the value set in the volume record; HOME to the home lcoation, CURRENT to the current location. This means that for each volume they relate to volume information an

Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread R.S.
Robert Bardos wrote: Radoslaw Skorupka (hope I got the spelling right) wrote: What's your problem ? You don't have to investigate how would it work, you can TRY IT. Radoslaw, what in my original post made you think that I did not try it? Misunderstanding ;-) I read it "at low brain

Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread Terry Sambrooks
Hi In respect of the SET symbol problem, the following may be acceptable. // SET X=SUCCESS // SET A=&X // SET SIGN='=' // SET B=&A.&SIGN.&X //STEPA EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM='&A' //STEPB EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM='&B' The problem

HCD EDT Question

2006-12-21 Thread Howard Rifkind
Hello. I have just make a change to my EDT 00 to add Disk9 for 3390 mod 9's and Disk3 for 3390 mod 3's. Is this considered a software or hardware change to HCD. Do I have to create a new IODF and activate it in a new slot (A0,A1..etc)? Thanks __

Re: Combining DLL and dynamic calls

2006-12-21 Thread Steve Comstock
David Crayford wrote: Steve Comstock wrote: DLLs are overrated by people who are not aware of how normal dynamic linkages work in z/OS. But one must deal with them, since they are becoming more and more common. That depends on what language you code in. For C/C++ DLLs are a godsend. Why d

Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread Robert Bardos
Radoslaw Skorupka (hope I got the spelling right) wrote: > What's your problem ? > You don't have to investigate how would it work, you can TRY IT. Radoslaw, what in my original post made you think that I did not try it? Robert --

Re: Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread R.S.
Robert Bardos wrote: Folks, once again I'm drawing blanks. How can I get &X resolved in STEPB in the following stripped down example: // SET X=SUCCESS // SET A=&X // SET B='A=&X' //STEPA EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM='&A' //STEPB EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM='&B' I tried to unders

Re: S0C1 with ILC 6

2006-12-21 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 12/20/2006 at 08:33 AM, "Jeffrey D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Having worked for several years on instruction emulation, IBM draws a clear distinction between architecture and implementation. The issue here is one of architecture, and for that PoOps is what is

Problem resolving JCL SET symbol

2006-12-21 Thread Robert Bardos
Folks, once again I'm drawing blanks. How can I get &X resolved in STEPB in the following stripped down example: // SET X=SUCCESS // SET A=&X // SET B='A=&X' //STEPA EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM='&A' //STEPB EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,PARM='&B' I tried to understand both JCL Reference

Re: Deleting HSM Backups questions

2006-12-21 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Larry, Won't Expirebv execute nonsmsversions(uncatalogedata(5000)) do the same thing for you without the programming effort? You might want to Delvol the obsolete volumes. -Original Message- From: Larry Burch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:31 PM To: IB

Re: Combining DLL and dynamic calls

2006-12-21 Thread David Crayford
Steve Comstock wrote: DLLs are overrated by people who are not aware of how normal dynamic linkages work in z/OS. But one must deal with them, since they are becoming more and more common. That depends on what language you code in. For C/C++ DLLs are a godsend.

Re: Force ,arm vs. Cancel

2006-12-21 Thread Rob Scott
Pat, My wife did warn me that there would not be hordes of young girls wanting to sleep with me because of my assembler coding skills. Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rs.com/portfolio/mxi_g2 -Original Message---

Re: Force ,arm vs. Cancel

2006-12-21 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3)
>Whenever an address space is dispatched, its local SRBs, >if any exist at that moment, are dispatched before any TCBs are. Except for preemtable SRBs (client and enclave SRBs), which compete with the TCBs for CPU access, IIRC. Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE ---