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2020-10-19 Thread raheel nomani
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Re: emptying a PDS

2020-10-19 Thread Brian Westerman
This is very nice. It's much better than the process I have been using. Now I have to worry about doing it to the wrong dataset. Brian On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 04:40:14 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote: >+2 > >On 19/10/2020 16:58, Steve Smith wrote: >> +1 >> >> Some of the proposals sounded akin to

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
Paul Gilmartin asked: >(But is ICSF separately priced with no provision for free trial?) No. The z/OS Integrated Cryptographic Service Facility (ICSF) is part of the z/OS Cryptographic Services, a base element of the z/OS operating system. There's no additional charge for ICSF; it's included

Re: emptying a PDS

2020-10-19 Thread CM Poncelet
+2 On 19/10/2020 16:58, Steve Smith wrote: > +1 > > Some of the proposals sounded akin to writing IEFBR14 in C++. > > sas > > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 11:46 AM David Staudacher > wrote: > >> Given the specification to EMPTY a PDS, nothing is simpler than just >> reinitializing the directory. >>

Re: emptying a PDS

2020-10-19 Thread Seymour J Metz
I realize that you can get away with not chaining a new save area in this case, but it creates a booby trap for anybody who modifies the code. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: emptying a PDS

2020-10-19 Thread Seymour J Metz
Back in the day, one of the clowns (Rube Goldberg?) writing for a trade rag wrote an article on how clumsy the OS/2 API allegedly was. To "prove" his point, he showed the code needed to create a popup window, display "Hello, World" in it, wait for a reply and close the popup. He then compared

Re: Batch SFTP without client keys or USS files?

2020-10-19 Thread Wendell Lovewell
I guess I misspoke. I'm trying to connect to a server supporting SFTP on port . FTP and FTPS on other ports. Sorry. The Windows SFTP command works fine. I just can't see the difference in my job between yours and Ed's. Thanks, Wendell

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Sasso, Len
Manfred: Thank You So Much and Please Be Safe! Len Sasso Systems Administrator Senior CSRA, A General Dynamics Information Technology Company 327 Columbia TPKE Rensselaer, NY 12144 Office Hours: M-F 7 AM - 3:45 PM Out-Of-Office: Tue., Oct. 20th - 1:30 PM - Wed., Oct 21st @ 7 AM Phone: (518)

Re: IBM KEYXFER rexx

2020-10-19 Thread Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
I have a copy of this. The last update on mine 10/08/2009, which I think is 8th October. I confess I never used it. From memory, I think it requires the source and target systems to use the same master key. I have another facility for moving DES and 3DES keys between systems using a transport

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Manfred Lotz
Hi Len, On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:03:03 + "Sasso, Len" wrote: > Hello Manfred ! > > We are at z/OS 2.3 and have not been able to locate these files: > > "In z/OS UNIX they can be found in the /bin directory. > > /bin/md5 > /bin/rmd160 > /bin/sha1 > /bin/sha224 > /bin/sha256 > /bin/sha384 >

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Sasso, Len
Hello Manfred ! We are at z/OS 2.3 and have not been able to locate these files: "In z/OS UNIX they can be found in the /bin directory. /bin/md5 /bin/rmd160 /bin/sha1 /bin/sha224 /bin/sha256 /bin/sha384 /bin/sha512" Thank You and Please Be Safe! Len Sasso Systems Administrator Senior CSRA,

Re: emptying a PDS

2020-10-19 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 10:46:29 -0500, David Staudacher wrote: >Given the specification to EMPTY a PDS, nothing is simpler than just >reinitializing the directory. >Assemble this source and keep it around as a utility: > Unfortunately, tnat's true. But some customers prefer something simpler

Re: emptying a PDS

2020-10-19 Thread Steve Smith
+1 Some of the proposals sounded akin to writing IEFBR14 in C++. sas On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 11:46 AM David Staudacher wrote: > Given the specification to EMPTY a PDS, nothing is simpler than just > reinitializing the directory. > Assemble this source and keep it around as a utility: >

Re: emptying a PDS

2020-10-19 Thread David Staudacher
Given the specification to EMPTY a PDS, nothing is simpler than just reinitializing the directory. Assemble this source and keep it around as a utility: *-* * INITIALIZE PDS/PDSE TO EMPTY STATE

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 10:09:07 -0500, Bill Godfrey wrote: >It's not an operational/production system, just a sandbox. > That should make it easy to request functions needed for testing. (But is ICSF separately priced with no provision for free trial?) -- gil

Re: IEBPDSE (was: emptying a PDS ...)

2020-10-19 Thread Seymour J Metz
That doesn't mean that there are no concurrency issues. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Tabari Alexander [thale...@us.ibm.com] Sent: Monday, October 19,

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:23:02 +0200, Manfred Lotz wrote: > >> /bin/md5 >> /bin/rmd160 >> /bin/sha1 >> /bin/sha224 >> /bin/sha256 >> /bin/sha384 >> /bin/sha512 > >https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R4sa232280?OpenDocument > Are these savvy to record boundaries, in

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Bill Godfrey
It's not an operational/production system, just a sandbox. On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 16:20:37 +0200, Manfred Lotz wrote: >On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:10:38 -0500 >Bill Godfrey wrote: > >> These z/OS UNIX commands require ICSF to be active. >> Otherwise you get this: >> $ echo testing | md5 >> FSUMF437 ICSF

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Manfred Lotz
On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:10:38 -0500 Bill Godfrey wrote: > These z/OS UNIX commands require ICSF to be active. > Otherwise you get this: > $ echo testing | md5 > FSUMF437 ICSF is required but not available. > $ echo testing | sha256 > FSUMF437 ICSF is required but not available. > Yes, exactly.

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Bill Godfrey
These z/OS UNIX commands require ICSF to be active. Otherwise you get this: $ echo testing | md5 FSUMF437 ICSF is required but not available. $ echo testing | sha256 FSUMF437 ICSF is required but not available. Bill On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:23:02 +0200, Manfred Lotz wrote: >On Mon, 19 Oct 2020

Re: IBM KEYXFER rexx

2020-10-19 Thread Jackson, Rob
I can get to it and download the files. That's with IE. Chrome doesn't do well with anonymous FTP on the corporate network. I didn't try a standard FTP client. At any rate, reply off list, and I would be happy to send the files to you, though they are not anywhere near as recent as 2018:

Re: emptying a PDS: was RE: [IBM-MAIN] getting XCFAS down

2020-10-19 Thread David Spiegel
Hi Peter, How about this situation ... I am part of a team of people who plan maintenance upgrades many months in advance. There is no possibility of IPL (for many of the maintenance upgrades). All Batch is held (other than implementation jobs); DFSMShsm, CICS, IMS and DB2 are down. TSO is

Re: IEBPDSE (was: emptying a PDS ...)

2020-10-19 Thread Tabari Alexander
> Yes. That doesn't mean that there are no concurrency issues. (Sorry for the double post) You are correct on the first part. PDSE is aware of any extents that are added to the data set while it is open. This is true both for opens on the same system and opens on different systems within the

Re: Batch SFTP without client keys or USS files?

2020-10-19 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
On 10/16/2020 5:10 PM, Wendell Lovewell wrote: Is this a typo? Just a reminder: I'm going from a z/OS sftp client to a non-z/os ftp server where I can't store user keys. Do you really mean you are connecting to a non-z/OS *FTP* server? Or do you mean an *sftp* server? 'Cuz if the former,

Re: emptying a PDS: was RE: [IBM-MAIN] getting XCFAS down

2020-10-19 Thread Peter Relson
You delete members (let alone delete all members) from any LNKLST data set at your own risk. If you're going to do that, you'd better not have LLA active. Maybe you get away with it with LLA up and a refresh. That doesn't mean it worked or didn't leave you undesirably exposed. Peter Relson

Re: Shopz Question

2020-10-19 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Marna, Thank you for taking the time to respond. I was of the opinion that I was obviously doing something wrong as I only saw 5.5 as an upgrade path. I worked with a support engineer after opening a SR (SEV3) on the issue and based on the error I am seeing, it may be a combination of my

IBM KEYXFER rexx

2020-10-19 Thread Dave Jousma
All, Do any of you have a copy of IBM AS-IS utility “KEYXFER”? The copy I have is from 2006, was updated in 2018. IBM has moved all their stuff into GITHUB now, and the README is there, but not the REXX code. The code also used to live at

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Manfred Lotz
On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:07:01 +0200 Manfred Lotz wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:53:39 + > "Sasso, Len" wrote: > > > Anyone know if a Checksum/Md5 file can be created on a IBM > > Mainframe? > > > > If so, how? > > > > > > I may be a bit late to the party but if you happen to have

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Manfred Lotz
On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:53:39 + "Sasso, Len" wrote: > Anyone know if a Checksum/Md5 file can be created on a IBM Mainframe? > > If so, how? > > I may be a bit late to the party but if you happen to have z/OS 2.4 or z/OS 2.3 then there is APPLICABLE COMPONENT LEVEL/SU: R7C0 PSY UJ03195

Re: Checksum/Md5 file

2020-10-19 Thread Jantje.
On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:53:39 +, Sasso, Len wrote: >Anyone know if a Checksum/Md5 file can be created on a IBM Mainframe? Yes. >If so, how? package com.jantje.checksum; import com.ibm.jzos.FileFactory; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream;

Re: emptying a PDS: was RE: [IBM-MAIN] getting XCFAS down

2020-10-19 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 18:04:38 -0500 Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: :>On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 17:48:57 -0500, Steve Horein wrote: :>>Good ole IDCAMS anyone? :>>https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.idai200/dgt3i231.htm :>How