Re: z/OS Control block question

2011-10-27 Thread Webster, Chris
The tcb->tiot chain has worked well for a long time but GETDSAB may provide a longer term solution for new code if the OP is only trying to access the current TIOT for the job step they are running under (see XTIOT). http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r11/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.zos

Re: Encryption routine from IBM accepting limited set of input characters

2008-12-11 Thread Webster, Chris
Sounds like base-64 encoding, which does not really count as encryption. A-Za-z0-9+/ are the characters. You can search for base64 to get more information. ...chris. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Hunkeler Peter (KIUK

z/OS 1.8 Conditional Storage Obtain/Getmain Return Code

2007-10-25 Thread Webster, Chris
News to me and I could not find any trace in the archives. With z/OS v1.8 and later, r15 behavior has changed for a conditional storage obtain/getmain. For a successful request, the register may contain: 0010_ IBM has (poorly) documented this behavior at http://publibz.boulder.

Re: z/OS 1.8 Conditional Storage Obtain/Getmain Return Code

2007-10-25 Thread Webster, Chris
The behavior does differ. The change is that r15 now contains something in bits 0-31. This has been verified by clearing r15 prior to the getmain and getting the same result. While I understand the doc change now indicates this can happen, it is not in an obvious location. I experienced the pro

Re: z/OS 1.8 Conditional Storage Obtain/Getmain Return Code

2007-10-26 Thread Webster, Chris
Thanks for pointing out the doc. Time to re-read chapter 2. Should have searched the assembler list (as Ed pointed out) and the guide (instead of browsing the TOC for a suitable subject). Doesn't this make the doc change in the reference (storage/obtain/return codes) redundant? Back to mostly l

Connex was RE: ATMs (Was: High order bit in 31/24 bit address)

2007-11-13 Thread Webster, Chris
I have a wine coloured mug that says Connex on one side and A.O. Smith Data Systems on the other. I worked at a large Canadian bank and we had a joint project going with IBM in the late 80s/early 90s. We installed the Connex software for an internal system with an eye to IBM marketing it as par

Re: C++ Workable Mainframe Debuggers

2008-04-14 Thread Webster, Chris
I have been using z/XDC to debug C++ for years (before it was even called z/XDC). Of course, you have to be able to read assembler to do so without any source code support. The assembler listings from the compiler are pretty much the same as any assembler listing and the compiler code generation

Re: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant jobs in JES2

2008-05-23 Thread Webster, Chris
If you don't want to make the jobs submit each other and have no scheduling package, there is another alternative using UNIX tools (or windows). We have perl packages to do FTP (although you could also do it in rexx). Using make (or gnumake), you can make each job dependent upon the other. The c

Re: TSO Unallocate Dataset.

2005-07-22 Thread Webster, Chris
ISRDDN was added to the ISPF command tables as DDLIST at some point (as was DSLIST). DDLIST0 SELECT PGM(ISRDDN) NEWAPPL(ISR) SUSPEND SCRNAME(DDLIST) Formal documentation: Summary of Changes for z/OS 01.02.00 ISPF