Re: IEBCOPY Unloaded dataset to PC and back again...not

2007-05-26 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
Kenneth E Tomiak wrote: Nowadays I run my own rexx code to take every member of non-loadlib PDSEs and create a sequential dataset with an IEBUPDTE ./ ADD control card in front of it. I then download in ASCII and I can open it with notepad. If I ftp it back up, I can either run it through

Re: Non-Standard Mainframe Language?

2007-05-26 Thread Mohammad Khan
Well, C on UNIX is really assembler - just one step removed from the bits and bytes of the underlying CPU. Its designers realized that there is not much benefit in writing CPU specific code to copy x bytes of memory to another location over the generic a = b kind of code. Same for other basic

Re: Jim Keohane

2007-05-26 Thread Ed Finnell
I looked for obits at _www.obituaries.com_ (http://www.obituaries.com) and didn't get a single hit on Keohane. Guess I'd met him a couple of times at SHARE, but it's been awhile. Then remembered his work at search390 now searchdatacenter.com Anyway, names to faces might jog some memories

Re: Jim Keohane

2007-05-26 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/26/2007 11:36:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: searchdatacenter.com Anyway, names to faces might jog some memories and if so inclined can sign up for areas of interest at searchdatacenter.com Don't hate it when you forget to paste??

Re: Jim Keohane

2007-05-26 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/26/2007 11:55:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Forgive me... I guess I've missed something .. I know Jim .. Obituaries ??. what happened ?. Sorry, it was posted on IBM-Main yesterday by Bob Richards. His wife Rae sent a note to several of

Re: IEBCOPY Unloaded dataset to PC and back again...not

2007-05-26 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 26 May 2007 10:49:05 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: of it. I then download in ASCII and I can open it with notepad. If I ftp it back That's great if it works for you, but under most conditions the ASCII-EBCDIC translation is lossy, and fails to preserve all

Re: Why is there JOB scope for DSN ENQ's anyway?

2007-05-26 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 5/25/2007 9:27:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: bblack (I think): That There is no easy way that I know to determine if the current step is the last step that uses the dataset claim conflicts with your then releases the dataset at the end of

Utilities design (was: IEBCOPY ...)

2007-05-26 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 25 May 2007 23:36:49 -0500, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can probably try and forget raising any issue (except probably an abend) with any utility in the book. IIRC they are functionally stabilized. Except as mandated by the environment. What were the most recent utilities

Re: Why is there JOB scope for DSN ENQ's anyway?

2007-05-26 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 26 May 2007 14:33:35 EDT, IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote: Maybe users should read the documentation (if it mentions this exposure), realize that there is an exposure (this may be asking a lot), and add a DD statement to the step that does the dynamic allocation so the Initiator

Re: Why is there JOB scope for DSN ENQ's anyway?

2007-05-26 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 5/26/2007 1:53:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Good idea. I'll ask my admins to add to my (and other users') TSO logon PROCs DD statements for data set names that we're likely to allocate dymamically in our TSO sessions. So far, I thought this

Re: Utilities design (was: IEBCOPY ...)

2007-05-26 Thread Ed Gould
On May 26, 2007, at 1:35 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Fri, 25 May 2007 23:36:49 -0500, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can probably try and forget raising any issue (except probably an abend) with any utility in the book. IIRC they are functionally stabilized. Except as mandated by

Re: Why is there JOB scope for DSN ENQ's anyway?

2007-05-26 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Are TSO logon PROCs on your system likely to have multiple steps? I forget the code (S622?), but TSO will abend the user if there's more than one step in a TSO PROC. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN

Why IBM has truly lost the education system

2007-05-26 Thread Ed Gould
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070526/ap_on_hi_te/ reprogramming_programmers_1;_ylt=AofT.RhpTGKWVlU5o3YhheAE1vAI U.S. colleges retool programming classes (watch the wrap) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

the differences between IP printway and LPR on z/OS

2007-05-26 Thread Tsai Laurence
Hi listers, as the subject,to print report from z/OS over the IP LAN printer, would like to know your opinioin . thanks for your advisement. Laurence _ 在您的行動裝置上傳送接收 Hotmail 郵件,請移至: http://zh-asiasms.mobile.msn.com

Re: the differences between IP printway and LPR on z/OS

2007-05-26 Thread John S. Giltner, Jr.
Tsai Laurence wrote: Hi listers, as the subject,to print report from z/OS over the IP LAN printer, would like to know your opinioin . thanks for your advisement. Laurence Biggest difference I can think of off hand is with IP Printway you can define a IP based printer that uses LDP, then

Re: Why is there JOB scope for DSN ENQ's anyway?

2007-05-26 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 26 May 2007 15:09:36 EDT, IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote: Good idea. I'll ask my admins to add to my (and other users') TSO logon PROCs DD statements for data set names that we're likely to allocate dymamically in our TSO sessions. So far, I thought this thread was all about

WSA and Friends (was: IEBCOPY ...)

2007-05-26 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 25 May 2007 00:58:32 +, Dave Salt wrote: I agree; TRANSMIT is a great way to pack a PDS into a sequential file. But when it comes to transferring files to or from a PC, whether they are sequential (including transmit format) or individual members of a PDS, I much prefer the ISPF