Re: Making Z/OS easier - Effectively replacing JCL with Unix like commands

for those who couldn't comprehend COND codes), average batch job uses about 20 or 25. ... It's pretty hard to tell whether you're a Luddite or merely a masochist. I'm both a Luddite and a masochist, and proud of it. Michel - Michel Castelein z/OS instructor consultant

Re: Looking for a checklist about z/OS V1R10 with Debug Tool

. -- Thanks for the feedback, but I checked the books (2 Program Directories + 1 Customization Guide + 1 User's Guide) before posting my request. The information is quite fragmented. So, David Jousma's reply was the most helpful. Regards, Michel

Looking for a checklist about z/OS V1R10 with Debug Tool

. the PROGxx parmlib member and/or the DISPLAY PROG,LNKLST command: Which EQA810.* libraries should be part of the LNKLST-concatenation? Very much obliged! Michel Castelein z/OS insructor and consultant ar...@advalvas.be http://www.arcis-services.net

Re: Mainframe books

Tharayil 1984 Petrocelli Books ISBN 0-89433-081-0 Regards, Michel Castelein z/OS instructor consultant Arcis Services http://www.arcis-services.net -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Unix systems and Serialization mechanism

then the status defaults to OLD. Regards, Michel Castelein z/OS instructor consultant Skype: michel.castelein ar...@advalvas.be http://www.arcis-services.net -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Time Parameter

OFF /* end the SYSCALL environment */ For the description of my education offering, see http://www.arcis-services.net Regards, Michel Castelein freelance z/OS instructor -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: JCL QUESTION

that will be unallocated at the end of the step. Using IDCAMS is more performant: //PASOBOR EXEC PGM=IDCAMS //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSINDD * LISTCAT ENTRY(USTS.U0Z72B6..) IF LASTCC=0 THEN DELETE USTS.U0Z72B6.. SET MAXCC=0 /* // Regards, Michel Castelein z/OS

Info about REGION and MEMLIMIT

value, but the TSO LOGON screen provides no field to enter a MEMLIMIT setting. Fine, but this course extract also discusses how, once logged on, you can change the MEMLIMIT value for your TSO session. Michel Castelein z/OS education consultant http://www.arcis-services.net

Scrollable menus in ISPF

FYI: Using dynamic areas and panel REXX, it's possible to create scrollable(!) selection panels, hereby eliminating the need for multiple submenus. See http://www.arcis-services.net for a ready-to-use example extracted from my ISPF Dialog Development course. Michel Castelein z/OS instructor

Re: Concatenations and blocksizes

V3R3 that you can concatenate in any order of block size DASD(!) data sets that are accessed by QSAM or BSAM. MVS/DFP V3R3 is the immediate predecessor of DFSMS/MVS V1R1. Michel Castelein z/OS instructor http://www.arcis-services.net

Re: Delete all members of a PDS with JCL

You can use the ISPF LMMDEL service with parameter MEMBER(*). ISPF can be invoked from within a batch job. Michel Castelein z/OS instructor consultant http://www.geocities.com/michelcastelein/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: CLIST equivalent to REXX STRIP

equivalent. STR prevents the value ' AA-BB ' to be treated as an arithmetic expression, but it also prevents the removal of the leading and trailing blanks. A kind of Catch-22 condition. Michel Castelein z/OS instructor consultant http://www.geocities.com/michelcastelein

Re: vse to z/os migration

also any documents that i can refer for the same Regards, Ron Not very up-to-date but ...: VSE to MVS Differences and Migration Guide (January 1989) WSC Technical Bulletin GG66-3113-00 Michel Castelein z/OS instructor consultant http://www.geocities.com/michelcastelein

Re: GMT time

Field, Alan C. alan.c.fi...@supervalu.com wrote in message news:61e28fd85c701f46b32f3e4f58889ce20409b...@sdepmss502vr1.msg.albertsons. com... SET CLOCK? No. The SET CLOCK command does NOT affect the TOD clock (which should be set to GMT). SET CLOCK only modifies the system time zone constant