AW: Re: C code to get running job name.

2018-01-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ell terminates its children, except when nohup is used. Sorry for that. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: C code to get running job name.

2018-01-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
TC with the 8 character RACF ID.​ Not in my experience. When logging into a shell, sshd (and I believe otelnetd as well) sets the _BPX_JOBNAME variable before spanwing the shell process. An its the plain userid that is being set. -- P

AW: Re: C code to get running job name.

2018-01-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
the system at any one time. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: C code to get running job name.

2018-01-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
rocess, i.e. spawn() can honour "YES" or "MUST", will run in the same AS, so under the same jobname. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Number of Cylinders per Volume

2018-01-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> For example FBA world changed (actually came back *) the sector size which > was 512B net for ages and now it's commonly extended to 4096kB. I think that should say 4KiB, not 4096KiB. 4MiB would seem to waste an awful lot of storage. -- Pet

AW: Re: Friday OTT : DOS vs Windows performance

2016-10-02 Thread Peter Hunkeler
t starve, when you moved the mouse fast and faster. That was a good visualization on how much resources supporting a mouse may consume. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, s

Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

2016-10-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
gn work to different nodes, nor will processors from other nodes help out, as long as the goal is achieved. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.

AW: Re: Question on z/EDC - reading it compressed

2016-10-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ill neither see nor will the be aware that the data is compressed. FTP would need to learn how to do low level access to disk to be able to read the compressed blocks (which BTW are 56k blocks). And it would need to learn to negotiate with the other side if sending such blocks i

z/OS bookshelves in weird order in KC

2016-10-03 Thread Peter Hunkeler
list looking for some specific shelf. I would prefer if a) the shelves are named exactly as the products are, and b) if the list is kept in strict alphabetic order by product name. What do others think? -- Peter Hunkeler

AW: Re: z/OS bookshelves in weird order in KC

2016-10-04 Thread Peter Hunkeler
may take more time. To give up confirmed habit takes time. Nevertheless, as long as a TOC is provided, it should help me find what I'm looking for quickly. Just my $0.02, YMMV, of course -- Peter Hunkeler -- For

Re: Would HiperDispatch likely delay heavy multitasking job?

2016-10-05 Thread Peter Hunkeler
o USB, then copy to office machine. Maybe you are in the position to discuss internally and change this? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Attachmate Reflections 3270 recognition of ISPF Point and Shoot fields?

2016-10-05 Thread Peter Hunkeler
quot; field at the top should now show two lines: "Move Cursor" and "Send Key" with "Enter".- Click OK twice. With this, double left click (what I chose) selects Point-and-shoot, as well as Menu items --Peter Hunkeler --

AW: Re: AW: Re: Question on z/EDC - reading it compressed

2016-10-05 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>I wish I could FTP it compressed ... It could shorten a large FTP we execute >daily :-( How large is this file? Is the FTP target side again z/OS? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

AW: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Attachmate Reflections 3270 recognition of ISPF Point and Shoot fields?

2016-10-05 Thread Peter Hunkeler
- the "Sequence of Actions" field at the top should now show two lines: "Move Cursor" and "Send Key" with "Enter". - Click OK twice. With this, double left click (what I chose) selects Point-and-shoot, as well as Menu items --Peter Hunkeler --

AW: Re: CEEDUMP possible following 'new' failure

2016-10-07 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ently part of LE's LPA library. Could you please have another internal discussion :-) and provide list of the the LE recovery and dump modules which are not currently in LPA but should be? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-M

AW: Re: CEEDUMP possible following 'new' failure

2016-10-09 Thread Peter Hunkeler
. I have in mind that, at least in earlier times, it was recommended *not* to code REGION=0M? With REGION=0M the code can to eat up all storage in the address space. Of course, authorized software may easily overcome any REGION setting (I guess). -- Pe

OT: Larre Shiller please contact me off-list (private mails don't reach you)

2016-10-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
R you mentioned please contact me again off-list. Thanks Regards Peter -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

New CALLRTM command? Where is it described? (was: CEEDUMP ....)

2016-10-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ut only got references to the CALLRTM assembler macro. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: New CALLRTM command? Where is it described? (was: CEEDUMP ....)

2016-10-12 Thread Peter Hunkeler
course, informal management discussions are something completely different and are of utmost value. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

AW: FW: IBM Education Assistance for z/OS - Useful??

2016-10-14 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Hi Marna, I did have a look at some presentations a while ago. Very helpful, so please do keep this going.Some presentions are a little sparse. Some more comment would be helpful. RegardsPeter From: Marna Walle/Poughkeepsie/IBM@IBMUS To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 10/12/2016 02:35

AW: zAware Usage

2016-10-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I'd be interested in that, too, so replies to the list, please. We have concrete plans to use it soon. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Does >4K PGFIX make sure the frames are contiguous? (was: diagnose 8 / interesting dilemma)

2016-10-18 Thread Peter Hunkeler
the the frames to be contiguous. Am I wrong? I would have expected to find this documented with the PGFIX or PGSER FIX macros, but did not find it. -- Peter Hunkeler On 10/17/2016 08:23 AM, Paul Schuster wrote: > I am issuing DIAGNOSE 8 on my z/os image under VM (z/vm) to do a

AW: Re: Does >4K PGFIX make sure the frames are contiguous? (was: diagnose 8 / interesting dilemma)

2016-10-19 Thread Peter Hunkeler
SMC-R/D might need this. There might be internal interfaces for this, right. It just triggered my curiosity. But the net seems to be, my assumption is wrong. If an area >4k is PGFIXed, then I need to find the real address of every page and cannot assume the real storage is contiguous. --

AW: Re: AW: Re: Does >4K PGFIX make sure the frames are contiguous?

2016-10-19 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>On 10/19/2016 7:51 AM, Peter Hunkeler wrote: >> But the net seems to be, my assumption is wrong. If an area >4k is PGFIXed, >> then I need to find the real address of every page and cannot assume the >> real storage is contiguous. > >This is a correct statement

Re: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages.

2016-10-20 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>"So, it is DMS or FDR which decide whether to place those IGD* messages or >not." > -- Peter Hunkeler >To be precise: >It is DMS or FDR which decide to allocate the dataset via SMS or not, thereby >causing the IGD message to appear or not. PMFJI, I do not know

AW: Re: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages.

2016-10-20 Thread Peter Hunkeler
the data set is "SMS managed"; if not then not. Does anyonw know it it is possible to "bypass the ACS routines" for new alloctions? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

AW: Re: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages.

2016-10-20 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>Dynalloc's S99MSGL0 is the equivalent of JCL's MSGLEVEL=0, ie. the allocation >of datasets to ddnames. Not equivalent, I would say. MSGLEVEL is for the whole job, S99MSGL0 is for a single allocation. -

Re: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages.

2016-10-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
to the job sysout. >How is this achieved? I though I have an idea, but then I detected some contradicting facts. I'll start a new thread to try to get some more information about this. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM

Re: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages.

2016-10-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
g. The SUP=YES flag in MPF tells MVS not to display the message on *consoles*, only. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

How to write messages to JESYSMSG only? (was: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages)

2016-10-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I messages are written to JESYSMSG only, or to JESYSMSG, JESMSGLG *and* operlog? c) Are the IGD10xI messages really WTOs with route code 2 and descriptor code 4, only? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

AW: Re: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages.

2016-10-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I'm pretty sure if that STC was to allocate a new data set, the associated IGD101I would also appear in syslog. My conclusion: You can see IGD10xI messages in syslog for some (rare) cases, but not for the greater part. And this is *not* an effect of any message suppression mechanism.

AW: Re: TIME= on JOB card vs. EXEC card

2016-10-24 Thread Peter Hunkeler
step has *not* used. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: AW: Re: TIME= on JOB card vs. EXEC card

2016-10-25 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>I didn't know that about the EXEC of a PROC. Nor did I. Interesting. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message:

AW: Re: TIME= on JOB card vs. EXEC card

2016-10-25 Thread Peter Hunkeler
asked for if the job level bucket is limited, i.e. if TIME= is specified on the JOB statement. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with th

How large are your system trace & master trace on z13?

2016-10-26 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I feel that our system trace is a bit small, especially since we moved to z13. We currently have set them to 15M (per processor). What do others use? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

AW: Re: How to write messages to JESYSMSG only? (was: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages)

2016-10-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>It is route code 11. specify that on your WTO macro . No, it s not. As I wrote, WTO with route code 11 goes to JESMSGLG and JESYSMSG (and also to consoles which receive route code 11). I'm wondering how to write to JESYSMGS *only*. -- Peter

AW: Re: How to write messages to JESYSMSG only? (was: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages)

2016-10-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>>It is route code 11. specify that on your WTO macro . >No, it s not. As I wrote, WTO with route code 11 goes to JESMSGLG and JESYSMSG >(and also to consoles which receive route code 11). At last I found the following in the *authorized* assembler service reference: WTO ... A WTO message

Re: How to write messages to JESYSMSG only? (was: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages)

2016-10-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ean there aren't. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: How to write messages to JESYSMSG only? (was: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages)

2016-10-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ot reply to your IEFYS spawn. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: How large are your system trace & master trace on z13?

2016-10-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> I feel that our system trace is a bit small, especially since we moved to > z13. We currently have set them to 15M (per processor). > What do others use? No-one interested in reading system trace? Or is this company secrect? -- Peter

AW: Re: How to write messages to JESYSMSG only? (was: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages)

2016-10-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
rites to JESYSMSG *and* JESMSGLG. But I may have misunderstood your post. If so, give me another try, please. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.

AW: Re: AW: Re: How to write messages to JESYSMSG only? (was: Randomly disappearing IGD101I messages)

2016-10-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ssage upon data set allocation and unallocation. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: How large are your system trace & master trace on z13?

2016-10-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
, since the 0A and the dump lay more than 2 seconds apart. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

LPAR is 100% capped but MVS is busy only 60%. Not too bad, right?

2016-10-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
working on the processors will work slower due to PR/SM taking away the physical CPs from the logicals due to capping being active. This is true even for vertial high (pseudo dedicated) CPs. Am I right with this? -- Peter Hunkeler ---

AW: Round 2 of LCU DASD Configurations with EAV Volumes

2016-10-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
make you aware that if you happen to see strange behaviour, think about moving data sets off EAV and see if that helps. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Question re LE TERMTHDACT options for CICS environment

2016-11-02 Thread Peter Hunkeler
red in a 64-bit environment. What is meant by "64-bit environment" in this context? Since both options are ignored, where would LE write the dump to in a "64-bit" CICS environment? -- Peter Hunkeler ---

AW: Re: Question re LE TERMTHDACT options for CICS environment

2016-11-02 Thread Peter Hunkeler
leases of manuals. I wonder why. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Question re LE TERMTHDACT options for CICS environment

2016-11-02 Thread Peter Hunkeler
to be considered. Good hint. Thanks -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Question re LE TERMTHDACT options for CICS environment

2016-11-02 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>Just curious. Are you coding LE-enabled AMODE 64 applications? No, were not. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the mess

Re: Question on TZ and European time change

2016-11-04 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ording to the standard rules (mentione above), or by the rules specified. So, with TZ=WINTER-1SUMMER,M3.5.0/2:00,M10.5.0/3:00 date '%a %b %e %T %Z %Y' will display Fr Nov 4 08:26:17 WINTER 2016 today, but had displayed Fr Oct 28 08:26:17 SU

AW: Re: Address space

2016-11-14 Thread Peter Hunkeler
fore, the owner is missing for the aforementioned jobs (STCs). -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Address space

2016-11-15 Thread Peter Hunkeler
APF list, >depending on how+when they're started in the first place. STC job step programs do not need to, but can run APF authorized. They can also run in key 0-7 via SCHEDxx PPT. Those are authorized as well. -- Peter Hunkeler --

AW: Re: Address space

2016-11-15 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>SDSF no longer uses JES control blocks to gather data - all JES information >comes from JES SSI services and other GUPI services like IAZXJSAB. Thanks. It still is JES data. - Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN sub

AW: Re: Address space

2016-11-15 Thread Peter Hunkeler
t the RACF subsystem address space called RACF? If so, this is *not* a required function. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Address Spaces writing SMF 30 Subtype 6 Records (was: Address space)

2016-11-15 Thread Peter Hunkeler
VER, RRS, TFS (UNIX temp file system colony AS?), VLF. But this has noting to do with the OPs question, so I changed the subject. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

AW: Re: Real Storage Display

2016-11-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
.512 MB 256 GB < main storage amount <= 512 GB ..1 GB 512 GB < main storage amount <= 1 TB ....2 GB -- Peter Hunkeler ---

Re: Invalid characters in JCL symbols passed to SYSIN within a PROC

2016-11-20 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>Alas, the incorporeal first ply in this thread does little to clarify the >context. Why fill up the list with pure speculation on what the lazy poster meant to ask? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / s

AW: zIIP Processor availability Display

2016-11-24 Thread Peter Hunkeler
of previous environments? If you have RMF, the CPC report in RMF III or the CPU Activity report from the RMF Postprocessor will show the zIIP assignment and usage by LPAR. I guess CMF has similar reports. -- Peter Hunkeler --

AW: Re: STC as batch

2016-11-25 Thread Peter Hunkeler
x and are only started when an initiator is available to run the job. They also may run on any system (if not directed to a specific system via SYSAFF, SYSTEM, or SCHED parameters). - Only one job with a given jobname can usually run at a time in the sysplex (unless JESx is setup

AW: Re: STC as batch

2016-11-25 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>Look up STCJOBS (I forget which manual). > >It was superficially developed so that you can run an STC specifying a >jobcard to pass for example accounting information. This is still an STC not a job. but, yes, it may serve the OPs needs. -- Pe

AW: Re: STC as batch

2016-11-25 Thread Peter Hunkeler
is whether it can get immediate access to food or whether it has to wait patiently in a queue until it is its turn to eat. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email t

AW: STC as batch

2016-11-25 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>Is it possible to invoke a STC by submitting a batch Job ? If so will it just run by adding Job card ? >From the few answers so far I think it becomes clear more detail is needed on >what you want to achieve. -- Peter

Re: STC as batch

2016-11-27 Thread Peter Hunkeler
SUB=MSTR. For STCs running under any subsystem different from MSTR (usually JESx), the PROC must be resolved by that subsystem. Neither //IEFJOBS nor //IEFPDSI are known to them (but the same data sets may well be allocated to the subsystem's "PROC" DDs). -- Peter Hunkeler --

AW: Re: STC as batch

2016-11-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Look up "started jobs" in the fine manuals. That will not make it a "batch job". -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@l

How to Identify modules as C/C++ or Cobol, or ASM from dump (SYSMDUMP)

2016-11-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ppen to know anything that might help me? -- Peter Hunkeler -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: How to Identify modules as C/C++ or Cobol, or ASM from dump (SYSMDUMP)

2016-11-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
r compiling the >modules, like this 5655S71 for COBOL compiler. Not the solution I'm looking for.. >Of course, it depends how your dump is written out. SYSMDUMP, as mentioned in the subject. -- Peter Hunkeler -

AW: Re: How to Identify modules as C/C++ or Cobol, or ASM from dump (SYSMDUMP)

2016-11-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
the VERBX LEDATA IPC command. I doubt there is something that I could execute an IPCS RUNCHAIN and get a list. But I thought I'd ask before giving up and going to CMAN -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

AW: Re: How to Identify modules as C/C++ or Cobol, or ASM from dump (SYSMDUMP)

2016-11-29 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>If you want the layout, I can post it. No secret - it's in the LE books. I'm not as used to LE control blocks as you might think. So, please, yes, post it. Would save me some work, and will be most appreciated. -- P

AW: Re: How to Identify modules as C/C++ or Cobol, or ASM from dump (SYSMDUMP)

2016-11-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
. So this is of no help. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: How to Identify modules as C/C++ or Cobol, or ASM from dump (SYSMDUMP)

2016-11-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
iving contol back to the Cobol code. Later, a next DB call will fail with, mostly, a 0004 exception often in DSNHLI, because cursors are no longer open. (Note that this is only vague information at this time. I'll have to understand what really happens. I have just gotten involved in

AW: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: z/OS Web Based Dropbox ?

2016-11-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> ftp is restricted - was my first thought as well What is the limiting part? FTP can write to and read from the z/OS UNIX file system. Do you need to work with the files on z/OS? Or is it only to be the parking space? -- Peter Hunke

Re: How to Identify modules as C/C++ or Cobol, or ASM from dump (SYSMDUMP)

2016-11-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ped the 000A and resumed. Apologies for any confusion this may have caused. The proper solution instead of creating glue routines woud have been to solve the issue with Smart/Restart. We probably now have to do this now. More investigation is due tomorrow. -- Peter Hunkeler

AW: Re: How to Identify modules as C/C++ or Cobol, or ASM from dump (SYSMDUMP)

2016-11-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>Thanks a lot, that's useful to know. A genuine moment for me to say "thank you >for sharing". I'll second that statement! - Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access i

Re: How to Identify modules as C/C++ or Cobol, or ASM from dump (SYSMDUMP)

2016-11-30 Thread Peter Hunkeler
think that should work, whatever Smart/Restart is doing. I'll give this a tought, but only as an interim solution. The next case modifying the program mask will surely wait around the corner :-) Thanks everybody for the very good and informative discussion so far. It helped me a lot to g

AW: Re: What about that nextgen? [was Re: Why Can't You Buy z Mainframe Services from Amazon Cloud Services?]

2016-12-09 Thread Peter Hunkeler
This leads to the requirement to get a new generation on management who again thinks for the best of the company instead of for the best of their bonus and so called salary. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

AW: Re: 32767?

2016-12-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
it any different. A block is a block and a such it has a 4 byte BDW (for RECFM=V only, of course). To "B" or not only tells the reader or writer code whether exactly one or possibly multiple logical records are in the block. It doesn't change the format of the block

AW: Re: 32760 vs. 32768

2016-12-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>Recently, I had a file transfer issue between z/VSE and z/OS because VSE support block lengths of 32768 (true 32k) while z/OS only supports 32760 (32k-8). Does DOS really support 32768? not 32767? 32KiB -7 that is. The maximum positive number is 32767 not 23768. -- Peter Hunke

AW: Re: 32767?

2016-12-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>It is NOT true that RECFM=V on z/OS has ONLY an RDW. I did not claim that. (Did you want to reply to a different post than mine?) >RECFM=V on z/OS has BOTH the BDW and the RDW. Just what I said, and the BDW is 4 bytes. -- Peter Hunkeler -Original Message- From: IBM Mai

AW: Re: AW: Re: 32760 vs. 32768

2016-12-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
56660 32768 2016.339 2016.339 Interesting. So, I wonder why the did not make the limit 65535, since this is the maximum number that can be represented in an unsigned haldfword. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscrib

AW: No BDW for RECFM=V was Re: 32767?

2016-12-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ock starts with a BDW decribing the length of that block. Inside the block, there are one or more records, each starting with a RDW, describing the length of that record (and some flags for the spanned format RECFM=V...S). - Peter Hunke

AW: Re: No BDW for RECFM=V was Re: 32767?

2016-12-16 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> The z/OS 2.2 manual has the same diagram, but KC search didn't find it. The diagram is a bit confusing because where it shows the unblocked records, Record B is not shown with the BDW, but Record A and Record C are. This is an erroneous remake of the diagram as it existed in old manuals, e

AW: Re: IEBGENER SYSIN Comments?

2016-12-20 Thread Peter Hunkeler
ast parameter of the operand field by one or more blanks. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Using the Binder to hook into an LE runtime module.

2016-12-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
the desired result. I'm getting abends before my code is invoke, so I be missing something or missinterpreting how the binder works. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

AW: Re: Using the Binder to hook into an LE runtime module.

2016-12-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
the point I thought is should be. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Using the Binder to hook into an LE runtime module. (Solved)

2016-12-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
I have found the mistake. Sorry for bothering you. --Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Using the Binder to hook into an LE runtime module.

2016-12-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
to code the traceing im my module now -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Zfs root filesystem

2016-12-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
tem *data set*. This will guarantee the clone contains just anything that is in the root and only what is in the root. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists..

Do the Name/Token Pair callable services need R13 to point to save area?

2016-12-21 Thread Peter Hunkeler
and work with only R0, R1, and R15 which are documented as being used). Can anyone confirm? I just want to double check that the doc is not missing some text and the services are silently assuming R13 is pointing to a usable save

AW: Re: Using Extended Format as default

2016-12-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> PDS/PDSE and SORTWK(?) have some known restrictions. I seem to remember that programs using NOTE & POINT have (or had?) dependencies, but can't remember the details right now. --Peter Hunkeler --

AW: Re: Using the Binder to hook into an LE runtime module.

2016-12-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
the PSWs program mask call by call". This is not something that LE is prepared to support (why would it?). But thanks anyway. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send e

AW: Re: Do the Name/Token Pair callable services need R13 to point to save area?

2016-12-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Thanks, Greg -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

AW: Re: Using the Binder to hook into an LE runtime module.

2016-12-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
returns control to the application code. The application later fails with random symptoms because of the "closing" actions. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Do the Name/Token Pair callable services need R13 to point to save area?

2016-12-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> Heres what we do we call it from Cobol.. >We pass in the address of where storage begins and where we want to place the token I have to "sneak in", so I cannot pass some storage. In the meantime I have it working without problems. -

Re: Using the Binder to hook into an LE runtime module.

2016-12-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
IPM instruction into the table. The address of the trace table is displayed via WTO so that the table can be inspected in a dump. I'm curious whether I will, and what I will find. --Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subs

AW: Re: Using the Binder to hook into an LE runtime module.

2016-12-22 Thread Peter Hunkeler
e Cobol does not want overflows to thow an exception. LE seems to handle this properly. On the other hand C/C++ requires an exception to be thrown, so the program mask bit is set by LE. I understand that LE always set the ESPIE to catch decial overflow exceptions (00A) (and others). -- Peter

AW: TZ valid codes

2016-12-28 Thread Peter Hunkeler
you can use just any name you want. See here: https://listserv.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=IBM-MAIN;ebcc3a7a.1611 -- Peter Hunkeler Von: "R.S." An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Betreff: TZ valid c

AW: Re: COBOL5 and ceedump

2017-01-09 Thread Peter Hunkeler
processed without even recognizing this fact. It is one of the most problematic coding error, IMHO. So, the PTF will not fix anything in my opinion. It will revert to the previous way of how tables are handled by the compiler, yes, but that

AW: Re: COBOL5 and ceedump

2017-01-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
t least why IBM agreed to change the code. Thanks. -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: COBOL5 and ceedump

2017-01-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
>> And as for the "standard way" to cheat the Cobol table restriction (I'm no -- Peter Hunkeler >> Cobol programmer, sorry): Cheating is cheating. Shudder But it explains >> at >> least why IBM agreed to change the code. Thanks. >> > >

AW: Re: General question about address space

2017-01-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
limitation has been relieved some time ago (but I can't remember the details). Anyway, your statement confuses me. What am I missing or missunderstandig? -- Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signo

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