Re: TSO RECEIVE under UNIX Rexx (was: REXX-question)

In <1784726748839781.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/23/2015 at 03:51 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >I heartily agree. Mr. Natural sez, >"Use the right tool for the job." The shell is not the right tool. >One suggestion used LISTDS,

Re: Interesting Article About Cobol

In <022c01d12620$631e3cb0$295ab610$@mcn.org>, on 11/23/2015 at 10:54 AM, Charles Mills said: >Not disagreeing with YOU at all Shmuel but apparently the customer >*perception* is that ABO-compiled code does not have to be >re-tested significantly. Well, it's not my dog. If you've informed the

Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

In <09921082-8212-41d8-b90b-9e137b560...@aim.com>, on 11/23/2015 at 10:18 AM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >Can those be BYPASSed? Sure: it's not my dog. Is bypassing IFREQ prudent? No way. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO p

Re: SMPE apply excluding certain FMID's?

In <4ee2851a2279b94cb70cd69b174106090149630...@s1flokydce2kx01.dm0001.info53.com>, on 11/23/2015 at 04:09 PM, "Jousma, David" said: >I've done that, and it works. I guess I should have been more >clear to Kurt's question. I actually would like to maintenance >Omegamon's separately than the

Re: Interesting Article About Cobol

In , on 11/23/2015 at 09:02 AM, John McKown said: >But if the optimizer actually "recompiles" >the object code into new object code, then doesn't that new object >code need to be as thoroughly tested as the original, unoptimized, >code? Yes. >So, is the sequence now: code, compile, optimize,

Re: Interesting Article About Cobol

In <009d01d125fc$b30c7760$19256620$@mindspring.com>, on 11/23/2015 at 07:39 AM, Lizette Koehler said: >And then any time you would recompile your program, you would need to >run it through ABO again. The product is targetted to environments where recompiling is not an option. -- Shmue

Re: Should utilities FREE DDNAMEs?

In <56524b58.90...@blackhillsoftware.com>, on 11/23/2015 at 10:10 AM, Andrew Rowley said: >FREE=CLOSE sounds like good API design It's good API design for Dynamic Allocation to offer the option; that doesn't make it good API design for SDSF to select the option on an allocation that it makes

Re: Should utilities FREE DDNAMEs?

In <201511231242.tancgonb007...@d01av01.pok.ibm.com>, on 11/23/2015 at 07:42 AM, Peter Relson said: >Whether it is a good idea or not to free the ddname, each API that >intends to be called with user-allocated DD's (rather than with >system-allocated DD's) should document its behavior in thi

Re: TSO RECEIVE under UNIX Rexx (was: REXX-question)

In <5372863468970171.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/22/2015 at 02:29 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >Shmel's sniping PKB. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: AW: Re: REXX-question

In <5651dced.2030...@isis-papyrus.com>, on 11/22/2015 at 04:19 PM, Leopold Strauss said: >In unix-shell there ar prowerfull tools for going through a list, >creating the apprpriate commands etc. FSVO powerful. >In TSO there are not. In what universe? The problem is not TSO, it's the implem

Re: Privately owned mainframes (Was Re: I just bought an IBM z890)

In , on 11/20/2015 at 04:34 PM, Mike Schwab said: >MVS would not run on a 360, requires 370 with Virtual Storage. On a 360/67 with the right version of CP-67 you can run S/370 software. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Should utilities FREE DDNAMEs?

In <00b801d123c5$65c4c9a0$314e5ce0$@q.com>, on 11/20/2015 at 10:58 AM, retired mainframer said: >Given IEBGENER's age, this would be surprising. No, but it would be surpising if IEBGENER was doing a FREE regardless of age. The smart money says that the FREE is due to how the file was allocate

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

In <9286832208987587.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/19/2015 at 11:55 AM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >Why is it preferable to fail directly rather than to (attempt to) >fall back to an equivalent alternative service? Why are you peddlin

Re: ICSF callable service error SMP/e

In <2680722424903653.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/18/2015 at 03:05 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >Sophistry! PKB. >If the user is not authorized, There's more than one user. >it's de facto unavailable and should be treated as suc

Re: (External):Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

In , on 11/18/2015 at 05:19 PM, J O Skip Robinson said: >relative to a (mythical?) Mod-1 Mythical? What are the 3390-A14, 3390-A18, 3390-B14, 3390-B18 and 3390-B1C, chopped liver? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Is there an Standard Size for 3390-27's?

In <2695198720367946.wa.jasighotmail@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/18/2015 at 10:59 AM, Jasi Grewal said: >Greetings, I would like to know, if there are any standard sizes for >3390-27's 3390-27 and 3399-54 are fake model numbers that do not refer to actual drive models. The are convenient for

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

In <564bd206.3080...@tombrennansoftware.com>, on 11/17/2015 at 05:19 PM, Tom Brennan said: >I assumed LISTCAT wasn't calling CSI. CSI didn't exist in the 1970's; IDCAMS, including LISTC, uses SVC 26. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: AW: Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

In , on 11/17/2015 at 03:59 PM, Peter Hunkeler said: > I can't tell the details from memory, but in Assembler you can code >so that you get control when the system reaches the end of one dsn in >the concatenation, just before it is going to open the next one. That might work if you have the u

Re: OT - another Legacy operating system

In <874b151289704e46a874bf2ae6fdd8d1310a7...@kl126r4b.cs.ad.klmcorp.net>, on 11/17/2015 at 02:16 PM, "Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM" said: >There are good reasons to keep old, reliable systems Win 3.1 is reliable.? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry

In , on 11/17/2015 at 07:58 AM, John McKown said: >I don't know why the OP says that IGGCSI00 is "slow". Or why LISTC would be any faster. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't care. We don't have

Re: SUBSYS DD REVISITED

In <20151115.083342.2149...@webmail12.dca.untd.com>, on 11/15/2015 at 01:33 PM, "esst...@juno.com" said: >Where in z/OS publications is this documented ? I'm not sure that it is. Welcome to the wonderful world of OCO. You can have my MVS logic manuals when they pry them out of my cold dead f

Re: SUBSYS DD REVISITED

In <20151114.112844.57...@webmail03.dca.untd.com>, on 11/14/2015 at 04:28 PM, "esst...@juno.com" said: >Recently a question was posted regarding SubSystem Datasets, more >appropriatly the use of a SUBSYS= parameter on a DD statement. >//DD1 DD SUBSYS=(ssn,'parms'). There's a sample subsystem

Re: 3DES encryption using ICSF callable services

In <56465c0b.8080...@aim.com>, on 11/13/2015 at 02:54 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >On 2015-11-13 13:52, Kirk Wolf wrote: >> >> Also, the ICSF CIPHER calls require SAF authorization whereas the CPACF >> instructions do not require special permission

Re: 3DES encryption using ICSF callable services

In <201511130728.tad7sqv4007...@d23av05.au.ibm.com>, on 11/13/2015 at 03:27 PM, Timothy Sipples said: >This thread is a microcosm of the sort of considerations professional >developers *ought* to have, to at least strive to write *enduring* >code -- As part of that I've always looked for new

Re: IPL wait state

In <2866448533104085.wa.elardus.engelbrechtsita.co...@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/12/2015 at 01:22 PM, Elardus Engelbrecht said: >Ok, was there really any 'security'? I believe RACF was at its >infancy at that time! ;-) There was no RACF, although the earlier RSS may have included am equivalent f

Re: I just bought an IBM z890

In <492d30b5012d42e3beb4575489895...@s000exnp5.sm-ms.lan>, on 11/11/2015 at 01:22 AM, "Cannaerts, Jan" said: >How does the OS find the integrated console? I beleive that there is an undocumented interface via the Diagnose instruction. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Re: I just bought an IBM z890

In , on 11/08/2015 at 08:31 AM, John McKown said: >ISPF VSPLIT support. Get 2 side-by-side windows, or 4 tiled windows. With cut and paste commands working among all 4 splits. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: I just bought an IBM z890

In <8872695857703711.wa.alanaltmarkus.ibm@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/08/2015 at 06:12 PM, Alan Altmark said: >I understand that you want to run Linux. Good, because it's the >only free OS you can get that will run on that box. Solaris? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Re: I just bought an IBM z890

In , on 11/08/2015 at 09:59 AM, Mike Schwab said: >None of the S/370 SIO bits have been redefined. SIO bits? Those exist in S/370 mode. None of the unlicensed operatimg systems from S/370 can use SSCH. >Suspect IBM may still run some S/370 utilities. Maybe XA versions of them, but not what

Re: I just bought an IBM z890

In <563ec8bc.1090...@tombrennansoftware.com>, on 11/07/2015 at 07:59 PM, Tom Brennan said: >Yes to 62x160. No to partitions. What would be reasons for multiple > partitions when a user can already open up multiple TN3270 windows >on their PC? ISPF. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysPr

Re: I just bought an IBM z890

In <563d2eed.3040...@connorsdomain.com>, on 11/06/2015 at 05:51 PM, Connor Krukosky said: >I WISH! >Although I know someone who has one :P "You can have my 3290 when they pry it out of my colde, dead fingers." But doesn't Tom's Vista support 62x160 with explicit partitions? -- Shmuel

Re: ISREDIT REXX CHANGE no variable substitution

In <1198099411558288.wa.dlikensinfosecinc@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/05/2015 at 04:13 PM, Donald Likens said: >Can anyone explain why the second try does not work as expected? Try trace i after each and see if you get the same output. May guess i8s that IMPLUNIT doesn't have the same value.

Re: ISREDIT REXX CHANGE no variable substitution

In , on 11/05/2015 at 11:23 PM, "Nims,Alva John (Al)" said: >I think that it is more of a REXX treatment of strings. The two expressions are identical. >But in the second invocation, it treats it as two different >parameters to ISREDIT No. REXX evaluates the expression ISREDIT "CHANGE ALL S

Re: Java and .jar files on OMVS

In <9173151988822001.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 11/02/2015 at 04:50 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >You may think this is contrived, but it's not novel. It's s form of >Goodman's Paradox: >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_riddle_

Re: JES2MAIL Log Output to Two SDSF Output Groups - How to Disable One

In <984dfc2f94c72c4c9e9acbfd71e4feee32d...@fg1014.ftb.ca.gov>, on 11/02/2015 at 10:23 PM, "George, William@FTB" said: >We have several jobs that use JES2MAIL to email reports to various >users. The JES2 output (in SDSF) from the step creates two entries Are you referring to the job log and t

Re: Releasing Orphan Storage without IPL

In , on 10/30/2015 at 06:56 AM, John McKown said: >Telling on my own idiocy. Or dislexia causing a whoops moment. I once typed EXEC CMS ERASE when I meant ERASE CMS EXEC. My finget was moving to PA1 an instant later. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: I am looking for a new contract/job

In <6b5390a154fb8647880fea69552ef485a38...@vaswexc001bp.prod.fdic.gov>, on 10/28/2015 at 03:44 PM, "Blake, Daniel J [CTR]" said: >Interesting. I'm not being asked to verify their cert. Maybe your >isp has a rule about the mainline site or a generic rule that is >getting tripped. I'll try it

Re: RE-IPL for the Daylight to Standard time conversion?

In , on 10/28/2015 at 08:19 AM, Charles Mills said: >They are often numerically equal, But not always. Life would be easier if the solar day and solar year were constant and each an integral number of seconds. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: I am looking for a new contract/job

In <6b5390a154fb8647880fea69552ef485a37...@vaswexc001bp.prod.fdic.gov>, on 10/28/2015 at 03:09 PM, "Blake, Daniel J [CTR]" said: >You need to click on careers to see their listing of positions. The browser doesn't like their security certificate when I try to apply. -- Shmuel (Seymou

Re: I am looking for a new contract/job

In , on 10/28/2015 at 08:16 AM, Mark Pace said: >http://mainline.jobs There seems to be a problem with their certificate. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Co

Re: RE-IPL for the Daylight to Standard time conversion?

In , on 10/28/2015 at 08:10 AM, Peter Relson said: >I suspect that, if you Please include an attribution line in your replies, especially when yoou have an explicit reference to a previous poster. I had to do a search to determine that you seem to be referring to Message-ID: <714144473092997

Re: RE-IPL for the Daylight to Standard time conversion?

In <562fbfb5.5010...@gmail.com>, on 10/27/2015 at 06:17 PM, Vince Coen said: >The term GMT has been replaced with UTC (from the French and >translated to Coordinated Universal Time) but it is the same thing. No, as the text you quote makes clear. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg

Re: I am looking for a new contract/job

In <6b5390a154fb8647880fea69552ef485a36...@vaswexc001bp.prod.fdic.gov>, on 10/28/2015 at 11:26 AM, "Blake, Daniel J [CTR]" said: >Mainline is one company that has, in the past, used remote talent, >http://mainline.com/ Is their web site working now? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysPr

Re: I am looking for a new contract/job

In <314636f8-6f41-41e0-a7d0-64b94e37b...@comcast.net>, on 10/27/2015 at 07:55 PM, michelbutz said: >Each vendor ASG,SyncSort (in fact Chris B. Forgot his last name >principle @ SyncSort said they were looking ) Most of the development shops seem to want people to relocatee rather than telecom

Re: RE-IPL for the Daylight to Standard time conversion?

In <562f5be4.8080...@gmail.com>, on 10/27/2015 at 11:11 AM, Vince Coen said: >checking the hardware clock against an external source That wasn't originally part of STP, but it's been available for a long time. You can handle shutting down and restarting applications through your automation

Re: Redirect or hide IEBCOPY output when using the TSO RECEIVE Command

In <9772575840905787.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 10/24/2015 at 06:51 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >That's certainly what the manual says, and othert report it works, That depends on what "it" is. What's in the manual works. RYFM. -

Re: Redirect or hide IEBCOPY output when using the TSO RECEIVE Command

In , on 10/23/2015 at 09:25 PM, "Robert A. Rosenberg" said: >WAD is often a misspelling of BAD (Broken As Designed) Yes, but it is not even close to PRS, which acknowledges that there is a defect. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Redirect or hide IEBCOPY output when using the TSO RECEIVE Command

In <562ab1ca.5020...@aim.com>, on 10/23/2015 at 04:16 PM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >Got WAD (which they spell "PRS", but it means the same thing.) No. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Using MGCRE with JES2 Commands

In , on 10/23/2015 at 12:22 PM, Terry Sambrooks said: >Because the TEXT length on MGCRE can be up to 126 characters I >defined an area of that size and left the length fixed. Trailing blanks? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: ALESERV macro

In <012c01d10c24$470d8780$d5289680$@stevebeaver.com>, on 10/21/2015 at 10:16 AM, Steve Beaver said: >The exit only knows nothing essentially. Do you have more than one data space? then your exit needs some way to specify which one, e.g., known ALET, name/token, SSDVT. Absent sdome shared info

Re: Logrec and EREP

In , on 10/19/2015 at 05:02 PM, Peter said: >I am trying to Understand the Difference between a Logrec Report and >a EREP report. EREP is a program that reports the contents of LOGREC. >This question came to my mind when I was working with one of ISV >vendor. Initially we gave EREP report bu

Re: AW: Re: IEAVAPE2/IEAVPSE2 another address space

In , on 10/19/2015 at 02:08 AM, michelbutz said: >I would like to know the what rules are for posting The IBM-MAIN rules for posting need not be the same as an individual subscriber's rules for how and whether to reply. You have broad freedom in what to post and Peter has unlimited freedom i

Re: Invoke AMODE31-only Code from AMODE6

In , on 10/15/2015 at 03:59 PM, Binyamin Dissen said: >The OP was referring to a service that documents a >requirement of AMODE31 and that returns via BR. >If your API requires BASSM linkage Is there a special on red herrings? You seem to be offering a lot of them. Yes, from a program runni

Re: Invoke AMODE31-only Code from AMODE6

In <5gos1bp3soju48b5d3sh65uck3edf7r...@4ax.com>, on 10/14/2015 at 05:10 PM, Binyamin Dissen said: >Some prefer to use the old ways until they can get comfortable with >the new. Some prefer to invent motivations for others instead of addressing the issue at hand. Your guess is ludcrous to anyb

Re: Invoke AMODE31-only Code from AMODE6

In , on 10/14/2015 at 08:22 AM, Peter Relson said: >For exactly the reasons I described. You described reasons for an unrelated issue. >if you truly need to change AMODEs, And if you truly need to return to the original AMODE but don't know it at assembly time? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.

Re: Invoke AMODE31-only Code from AMODE64

In , on 10/13/2015 at 05:26 AM, Binyamin Dissen said: >Of course it does. You can cobble an in between to play the game, The thunk is not the service. >Feel free to show those values where it does not. When you don't know what mode you'll be called in. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz,

Re: Invoke AMODE31-only Code from AMODE64

In , on 10/13/2015 at 07:58 AM, Peter Relson said: >I quite strongly disagree. Why? >Of course you can BASSM to "yourself" Exactly. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't care. We don't have to c

Re: Invoke AMODE31-only Code from AMODE64

In , on 10/12/2015 at 08:31 PM, Binyamin Dissen said: >First of all, it requires the service to exit with BSM. No. >SAM-- instructions work perfectly fine. FSVO perfectly fine. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Invoke AMODE31-only Code from AMODE64

In <0573615537137423.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 10/12/2015 at 10:12 AM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >Grrr... And if the service called is properly marked AMODE 31, >and called with BASSM, but coded with 31-bit conventions, it will >r

Re: Issues while compiling SVC exit on Z1.10

In , on 10/12/2015 at 07:52 AM, Peter Relson said: >And he did not even mention a second system integrity problem which >is that it is basically NEVER OK to turn off JSCBAUTH once it has >been turned on. "What never? No, never. What never? Well, hardly ever." ATTACH RSAPF=YES, but it takes

Re: Invoke AMODE31-only Code from AMODE64

In <9822352a8a50b84aba12bde56fcda26068953...@mail01.intranet.set.de>, on 10/12/2015 at 08:15 AM, Michael Knigge said: >is it possible to invoke AMODE31-only code from an AMODE64 module? Yes, as long as the code is RMODE31 you can use BASSM to switch modes; I don't recommend Set Addressing Mod

Re: Invoke AMODE31-only Code from AMODE64

In <4prm1b55hhutonq1ieqfhtio8eer18l...@4ax.com>, on 10/12/2015 at 11:30 AM, Binyamin Dissen said: >If your code is running below the bar and the data items required >for the service are below the bar, the machine instruction >SAM31 will change the amode to 31 bit and the machine instruction

Re: Issues while compiling SVC exit on Z1.10

In <1847161863036112.wa.rakeshreddy007yahoo@listserv.ua.edu>, on 10/10/2015 at 11:26 PM, Rakesh Kotha <00cf1d6d10e9-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >Please look at my code suggest the changes. 1. Fix the security exposures. Checking that the call came from MLPA is not enough.

Re: SSH Client

In , on 10/09/2015 at 01:10 PM, Mark Pace said: >I can start typing a command and press tab and it will autocomplete a >file name or command. That's a function of the shell that you're using. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: IOEZ00807I when OMVS initializes at Disaster Recovery site

In , on 10/08/2015 at 03:14 PM, Mike Schwab said: >I made this comment on the RFE. Perhaps it should be a new RFE. >For the MOUNT command and in SYS1.PARMLIB(BPXPRMxx), add a NOWAIT and >/ or DEFER keywords. That sounds as if you're describing an implementation rather than the actual requir

Re: How the determine dataset is PDSE

In <9581562468380640.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 10/06/2015 at 08:56 AM, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> said: >Does DESERV work correctly if the allocation is to a UNIX file or to >a mixed concatenation containing a UNIX file? I doubt it, but th

Re: How the determine dataset is PDSE

In , on 10/05/2015 at 05:44 PM, "Savor, Thomas (Norcross)" said: >On a PDS...reading the directory DESERVE? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877:

Re: Having the mainframe on YouTube

In <053001d0fd20$6f7f0300$4e7d0900$@mcn.org>, on 10/02/2015 at 07:41 AM, Charles Mills said: >Wasn't the CBT the original open source shareware? The CBT tape wasn'r shareware and it wasn't the original open source. Open source was the norm in the 1950's and 1960's. -- Shmuel (Seymour

Re: Having the mainframe on YouTube

In <560d4cb9026d001a0...@prv-mh.provo.novell.com>, on 10/01/2015 at 01:09 PM, Mark Post said: >BUT, no one can take away the _freedom_ you have to use that software >in any way you want. The license just trades one set of restrictions for another; you are not free to markeyna modified ve

Re: Parmlib syntax check macro

In , on 09/30/2015 at 08:06 AM, Peter Relson said: >Thus it would be misleading to think of this as a parmlib syntax >checking tool. Well, I used it as one, for the members that it supported. As I wrote, limited but still usefull. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT IS

Re: Way to change a PROC to add a concatenation to existing DD?

In , on 09/29/2015 at 03:50 PM, Kirk Wolf said: >So, instead we would want: >//STDENV DD DDNAME=MYENV >// DD DISP=SHR,DSN=INST.ADD.JAVA.STDENV >but this would require that all JCL that used this PROC would need to >change their DD:STDENV to DD:MYENV. No. But you might need

Re: Parmlib syntax check macro

In <9264944467344936.wa.elardus.engelbrechtsita.co...@listserv.ua.edu>, on 09/29/2015 at 06:21 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht said: >Which one? Something like SPPINST. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don'

Re: Error? COBOL level number "mistake" accepted by IBM compiler

In , on 09/28/2015 at 02:11 PM, John McKown said: >The GNU COBOL compiler chokes on the "12 D", emitting the error >message: Warning: No previous data item of level 18 18? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Parmlib syntax check macro

In , on 09/28/2015 at 07:52 AM, Peter Relson said: >No such "macro" or tool exists from IBM. What aboput the tool in SAMPLIB? Primitive, but still useful. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't care

Re: Parmlib syntax check macro

In , on 09/27/2015 at 01:58 PM, Nathan Astle said: >Is there anyone on the list who are using parmlib syntax checker ? I've used IBM's; it's limitied, but good for what it does. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Best way to get a dataset name from a DEB (was: Recovery routine for ICHRTX00)

In <20150926225738.c4d3cf58...@smtp.patriot.net>, on 09/26/2015 at 07:01 PM, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said: >In <769b2e18f7b2fa48b3adea85570a2876c11ac...@mtl-hq-x01.cn.ca>, on >09/25/2015 > at 08:41 PM, Leonardo Vaz said: >>That means I would ha

Re: Best way to get a dataset name from a DEB (was: Recovery routine for ICHRTX00)

In <769b2e18f7b2fa48b3adea85570a2876c11ac...@mtl-hq-x01.cn.ca>, on 09/25/2015 at 08:41 PM, Leonardo Vaz said: >That means I would have to use SWAREQ to actually get from TIOEJFCB >to JFCBDSNM, right? No; IBM recommends using OPEN TYPE=J; I never understood why, since SWAREQ seems to work. Do

Re: Using symbolics in Linklist dsnames

In <2d14e7856646224aacdda13ab1d355575470d5f...@wdcv7exvs2.opm.gov>, on 09/24/2015 at 07:42 AM, "Richards, Robert B." said: >Before I jump off the deep end, my question here is "has anyone >already done this?" :) Yes, but more often SYMDEF for volser. Both work. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.)

Re: Getting the TIOT

In , on 09/22/2015 at 02:44 PM, Tony Harminc said: >The official way to do this "forever" has been the EXTRACT macro (and >resulting SVC). I've ignored that since the OS/360 days, but my reasons don't apply to GETDSAB. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; s

Re: HP being sued, not by IBM.....yet!

In , on 09/22/2015 at 10:35 AM, John McKown said: >The fact that the z13 is the fastest microprocessor >currently existed just doesn't penetrate their mind because the >original S/360 was designed in the 1960s. Intel is almost as old. There have been a lot of changes in both lines since the e

Re: IPCS BLS18028I message suppression

In , on 09/21/2015 at 04:50 PM, Jim Mulder said: >>>If ISPF services are not available, the message is >>>transmitted to the terminal via the TSO IKJPUTL service routine. >>Is that the routine called by PUTLINE? If so, what are the parameters? >Yes. BLSUTRMV passes the address of an IKJIO

Provenance of Read Multiple CKD

Reference Manual for IBM 3830 Storage Control Model 2, GA26-1617-5, describes Read Multiple Count Key Data, but GA26-1617-3 does not. Exactly when did IBM add the opcode, and did it require the Expanded Control Code feature? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position;

Re: AW: Re: Ported tools and z/OS 2.2

In , on 09/21/2015 at 09:43 AM, Kirk Wolf said: >It is true that Perl and PHP have been moved to Rocket. What Perl will that be? 5.8.7 is a museum relic. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't care.

Re: Employees exposed to direct enforcement actions (WAS Volkswagen Programmed Vehicle to Deactivate Pollution Control

In <20150919183857.baee1...@m0087798.ppops.net>, on 09/19/2015 at 06:38 PM, Richard Pinion said: >We have only to look >at the actions of the IRS in recent years. They went after PACs on both side of the aisle, for the same types of violations. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg an

Re: IPCS BLS18028I message suppression

In <027701d0f219$6139da70$23ad8f50$@mindspring.com>, on 09/18/2015 at 06:52 AM, Lizette Koehler said: >I think it depends on what method IBM uses to produce the message. I >do not think you can capture a TPUT message and suppress it. You could use the session manager interface. Don't do this

Re: But DON'T try turning that off and back on again

In , on 09/17/2015 at 11:11 PM, Ed Gould said: >http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984438/computer-hardware/but- >dont-try-turning-that-off-and-back-on-again.html? >phint=newt=computerworld_daily_shark&phint=idg_eid=0fcfb2f14826bbc9d194a > d02238b4ff8#tk.CTWNLE_nlt_shark_2015-09-17 >An

Re: IPCS BLS18028I message suppression

In , on 09/19/2015 at 01:25 AM, Jim Mulder said: >If ISPF services are not available, the message is >transmitted to the terminal via the TSO IKJPUTL service routine. Is that the routine called by PUTLINE? If so, what are the parameters? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Re: IPL Shutdown Problem

In , on 09/17/2015 at 03:53 AM, "Meenakshi, Vinoth - CW" said: >OMVS is down and we tried to issue STOPPFS=ZFS command and it's not >allowing. Issue it from a SYS9 console. >RESPONSE=SYS1 IEE618I ROUTE COMMAND REJECTED. SYS9 You didn't tell us that you weere usiiing ROUTE. Next tim

Re: Concatenated datasets read information.

In <039701d0f08d$2138cd10$63aa6730$@mcn.org>, on 09/16/2015 at 07:36 AM, Charles Mills said: >Couldn't you just save off DCBTIOT and compare it before (after?) >every GET? Yes if you've set unlike attributes, not otherwise. Curse OCO! -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Re: Concatenated datasets read information.

In <20150916131602.7f3503e0...@listserv01.ua.edu>, on 09/16/2015 at 09:15 AM, Art Celestini said: >As Chris Blaicher indicated, find the TIOT entry using DCBTIOT and >TIOEJFCB will contain an SVA for the JFCB. In a concatenation there are multipkle TIOT entries; you need to fiind the right o

Re: RSU or maintenance level on a system

In , on 09/16/2015 at 12:27 PM, "Lopez, Sharon" said: >Our auditors want to be able to display the RSU or maintenance level >of our z/OS system. Why? It won't tell the what service is applied. >Keep in mind that our auditors do know z/OS or mainframe. ITYM do NOT know. >It sounds like the

Re: Concatenated datasets read information.

In , on 09/14/2015 at 01:14 PM, Massimo Biancucci said: >is there any way to know which concatenated dataset I've read the >current record from ? Yes, but OCO makes it more difficult than it should be. Basically you must pull it out of a control block related to an IOB. -- Shmuel (Sey

Re: SMP/E Help

In , on 09/13/2015 at 11:54 AM, Scott Ford said: >The individual csect idea is good when products are written in >Assembler I works just as well for toher alnguages, except that you don't have the ++SRC and ++SRC options. A separate ++MOD for each compilation. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) M

Re: AW: Re: REXX Exec Abend S106

In , on 09/12/2015 at 09:58 PM, Peter Hunkeler said: >Storage is very often obtained in subpool 0, and this subpool is >owned by the job step task. Isn't there an SZERO=NO? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: Submit job without messages

In <55f30e5c.4000...@copper.net>, on 09/11/2015 at 01:24 PM, Steve Thompson said: >What you looking for is "Writing an Exit for the SUBMIT Command". >Then look for "Summary of using the bytes of word 5" >After you do this, if you are familiar with C/I, could you say with >a straight face th

Re: SMP/E Help

In <55f2ee76.4040...@us.ibm.com>, on 09/11/2015 at 11:08 AM, Kurt Quackenbush said: >You can greatly simplify you and your customers' efforts if you can >avoid MODs and JCLIN altogether. BTDT,GTS. Level sets are evil. If a fix changes only one csect then the PTF should not replace other cse

Re: SMP/E Help

In <55f27b68.6070...@gmail.com>, on 09/11/2015 at 02:57 PM, David Crayford said: >Yes, I understand that. But wouldn't cat "//'SYS1.SAMPLIB(GIMSAMPU)'" >| sed have worked? What about sed <"//'SYS1.SAMPLIB(GIMSAMPU)'"? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; s

Re: SMP/E Help

In , on 09/10/2015 at 02:13 PM, Scott Ford said: >I need to convert our software to use SMP/E. Why? Unless you're going to package in a way that exploits SMP, you'll just be putting lipstick on a pig. >Does anyone have any suggests Don't ship monolithic load modules or program objects; ship

Re: Term "Open Systems" (as Sometimes Currently Used) is Dead -- Who's with Me?

In , on 09/10/2015 at 07:02 AM, John McKown said: >For DRP, it is usually fairly easy to get temporary keys. Usually isn't good enough. BTDT,GTS. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't care. We don'

Re: Effort to upgrade V1R13 to V2R1?

In <7079205180613309.wa.brianwestermansyzygyinc@listserv.ua.edu>, on 09/09/2015 at 11:45 PM, Brian Westerman said: >Upgrading can be a whole different animal because there can (and >will) be a number of exits and other site specific items which have >to be altered. How do they not need to

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