Re: Looking for an appropriate system exit

2018-11-24 Thread David Spiegel
1. If nobody was using IEFYS, how else would the flower box be printed? On 2018-11-24 14:48, Seymour J Metz wrote: > 1. IEFYS is a really old interface; I didn't think anybody was still using > it. The best place to look is probably the OS/360 documentation at > https://eur01.safelinks.protect

Re: Looking for an appropriate system exit

2018-11-24 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
Our SMF exits still use IEFYS to write messages to the job output stream. If there were some other 'more modern' method, I'd use it, but I know of none. As for doc, I've never found any. I just call the interface--which at least seems to be a supported if somewhat clandestine UI--and it continue

Re: Looking for an appropriate system exit

2018-11-24 Thread Seymour J Metz
1. IEFYS is a really old interface; I didn't think anybody was still using it. The best place to look is probably the OS/360 documentation at http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/os/R20.1_Mar71/GC28-6550-9_OS_System_Programmers_Guide_Rel_20.1_Jun71.pdf 2. Doesn't IEFACTRT run under the Initiator T

Re: So much for THAT excuse | Computerworld SHARK TANK

2018-11-24 Thread Seymour J Metz
I'd prefer DWIAM,NWYTIM. At the current state of the art, DWIM is a cruel hoax. OTOH, it's amusing to see some of the truly demented suggestions for spelling corrections. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discu