Speaking of fingers being trained: I've always used an IBM
101 keyboard ever since IBM started using pc's and my
fingers *still* can't get used to where the arrow keys are
on it! I think they remember a 3279-3x.
My first laptop, in 2009, gave me conniption fits until I
modified a 101
Phil,
Isn't there an SPF macro package in the VM Download Library?
In the old days of IGS in Tampa we had a lot of folks that
had the same problem you have and I know I saw it resolved
more than once. But maybe none of those solutions found
their way to the Library (sigh).
Les
Phil Smith
Kris,
Isn't MVS under VM different than just straight MVS on its
own? Or have things changed since the old days?
Les
Kris Buelens wrote:
MVS doesn't normally have anything to forward performance info to Perfkit.
MVS has its own performance collection and reporting tools.
2011/8/6 saurabh
The heartbeat problem has been around, and solved, for
years. I remember it even being written up in one of the IBM
Journals by someone at Yorktown *lots* of years ago.
These days you simply go to your friendly VM Download
Library and pick one of the Disconnected Service Machine
packages,
One idea (from my memory): Use EXTRACT /CURSOR/ to see if
the cursor is past the first character of the cmdline. If so
then READ CMDLINE should put the cmdline data on the stack
so you can PARSE PULL it.
When in doubt about how something like READ actually works,
use the HELP command.
A
Could be! I retired in 2004 and had joined IBM as an
electronics technician in 1966. I still knew how to use them
when I first became a programmer and fell in love with VM.
Les
Mike Walter wrote:
How 'bout this then: there's nobody left at IBM who knows how to use a
soldering iron (or an
Yes, I remember them well! We had a Mod 30 for testing our
2701, 2702 and 2703 RPQ's in Raleigh when I was an
assembly/test technician.
Thanks for the blast from the past!
Les
Marcy Cortes wrote:
Nice Holiday gift for your favorite old mainframer
Those were the days: real switches connected to real
hardware that turned on real lights! There may be a picture
of it amongst all the others in my presentation at the 2007
International Rexx Symposium:
http://www.rexxla.org/events/2007/presentations/lesk1.html
Les
Chip Davis wrote:
There's
It was fun exploring all the icons! One problem: I don't
remember PROFS supporting spreadsheets.
Les
Pamela Christina on a sunny day in Endicott wrote:
Hi,
Today we're celebrating IBM's 100th anniversary. The Endicott
celebration for IBMers/IBM retirees is at Binghamton University
Events
are a bit more convenient. Of course, pretty soon we may have to start
using BIPS (Billions of .). Let's see, what word can we find that
starts with B that means Meaningless?
Mike Hammock
--
From: Les Koehler vmr...@tampabay.rr.com
Sent
Anyone object to my collecting the numbers posted and
sending them to Mike, all in *one* email!
Les
Les Koehler wrote:
I'm curious... Has anyone with real mainframe hardware (no emulation)
recently run REXXCPS that MFC wrote way back when?
See:
http://speleotrove.com/misc/rexxcpslist.html
keep in
mind the limitations of the measurement technique, it really doesn't
matter just what units you prefer to attach to the number.
Mike Hammock
--
From: Les Koehler vmr...@tampabay.rr.com
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 5:05 AM
To: IBMVM
I'm curious... Has anyone with real mainframe hardware (no
emulation) recently run REXXCPS that MFC wrote way back when?
See:
http://speleotrove.com/misc/rexxcpslist.html
for his collection of data.
If you've never seen REXXCPS, there's a link to it at the
top of the page. Just remove the
=0.69/0.69 10:06:10
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Les Koehler vmr...@tampabay.rr.com
wrote:
I'm curious... Has anyone with real mainframe hardware (no emulation)
recently run REXXCPS that MFC wrote way back when?
See:
http://speleotrove.com/misc/rexxcpslist.html
for his collection of data
Once set, can an Xedit PREFIX SYNONYM be cleared?
Les
Archivists are the gold of the VM community!
Les
Russ Burtnett wrote:
Richard,
I found a copy of the source and the memo file in one of my old archives.
I
suspect it was from a tools tape.
I'll send it to you offline.
... Russ Burtnett
P.S. No packrat comments please.
Some members of RexxLA are working on building a version of
THE for the Mac. It's open source on SourceForge, so...
That might widen the audience of VMers, as the Mac is
getting more and more popular.
Les
Alan Ackerman wrote:
I never got THE to work on my Mac, which is why I never switched
-
From: Les Koehler
Sent: 05/17/2011 11:50 PM
If you use THE for your own stuff, I'd like a direct email if you'd like
to exchange information.
Anyone using it to offload VM work to the pc, or considering doing so, I
have a wealth of macros to make it as much like Xedit as I can, while at
the same
fix for the problem. The
way the prefix commands are stored is the root problem.
Tony Thigpen
-Original Message -
From: Les Koehler
Sent: 05/18/2011 05:59 AM
The big difference in prefix macro processing is that THE runs them in
the order they were entered, not top to bottom as Xedit
as a general purpose PC editor or is it really
only usable as a PC resident mainframe tool?
Jim
On 5/17/2011 11:50 PM, Les Koehler wrote:
If you use THE for your own stuff, I'd like a direct email
if you'd like to exchange information.
Anyone using it to offload VM work to the pc, or considering
Also, KEDIT has a built-in subset of Rexx (KEX) as opposed
to a real Rexx interpreter. KEDIT no longer has support,
although it does have some nifty features like macro
libraries. Perhaps not as important with modern hardware as
it was back then.
For a full ANSI compliant Rexx, Regina is the
need to edit 'special files' so I just use gedit for those. (I
wish they had not dropped kedit with this new version of KDE.)
Tony Thigpen
-Original Message -
From: Les Koehler
Sent: 05/18/2011 07:09 PM
What do mean by a 'true pc editor'? I'm sure MarkH edits make files all
the time
If you use THE for your own stuff, I'd like a direct email
if you'd like to exchange information.
Anyone using it to offload VM work to the pc, or considering
doing so, I have a wealth of macros to make it as much like
Xedit as I can, while at the same time taking advantage of
the
It looks like something else on that linked disk has
changed. Perhaps the linking process (VMLINK?) is doing
something different, like EXECLOADing something that is now
tripping you up.
As I said before: Look at the log file and the console spool
file for clues. It should be quite obvious.
Look at it's log file and console spool file to see what it
was doing when the error occurred. The message is typical
for an exec that executes something that executes the exec,
as Stephen pointed out.
If you've configured VMSERVE properly it is fairly unusual
for it to suddenly change it's
Which begs the question: If you're responsible for
monitoring and resolving such events, why didn't you know
about the schedule for the hardware maintenance?
Les
David Boyes wrote:
Based on your later message about simultaneous hardware maintenance happening around the
same time as the
It probably doesn't make a whole lot of difference here, but
VMLINK is an EXEC and you aren't following the Good
Practices for ordinary Rexx execs:
1-Always code Address Command
2-Specify EXEC or CP as appropriate
3-You got this one right: Quote and uppercase commands to
the underlying system
What does the documentation say? If you don't have it, I
would hope it is in the VM Download Library.
Unless you're just playing, you should consider using one of
the DSM managers for a service machine. VMSERVE is one
candidate. Kris Buelens has another one in the Download
Library also.
, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Les Koehler vmr...@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
Sure, just like FILELIST et. al. do! But Tom's opening statement was:
I don't do XEDIT macro's that often...
I suspect he might be better off with something like IOS3270. That labels
me as an old codger, doesn't it!
I've been retired
You can do it IF you're willing to change the file itself
just to display it. Then, of course, you can't make text
changes and save it in its original form. There are better
tools available if that's what you want to do.
Les
Tom Huegel wrote:
I don't do XEDIT macro's that often so this may
@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On
Behalf Of Les Koehler
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 11:23 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: XEDIT question
You can do it IF you're willing to change the file itself
just to display it. Then, of course, you can't make text
changes and save it in its original form
granted to the orignal MY FILE or not copied to
You meant: 'are not copied', right?
the new version of MY FILE. That pleads to use DMSFILEC with REPLACE.
2011/3/22 Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.com
On Tuesday, 03/22/2011 at 12:18 EDT, Les Koehler vmr...@tampabay.rr.com
wrote:
So with FILE
to DMSFILEC NOCOMMIT.
2011/3/22 Les Koehler vmr...@tampabay.rr.com
So with FILE CONTROL you can't replace co-dependent files in one atomic
operation, as one would do with the 'copyfile two-step' (love that phrase!)?
Les
Alan Altmark wrote:
On Monday, 03/21/2011 at 10:54 EDT, Les Koehler vmr
Does FILE CONTROL thus have the same exposure to a file being changed 'under the
covers' as a minidisk has, possibly causing an error for the other users?
Is there something similar to the minidisk trick of:
copyfile new1 version a pseudo1 name k (noupdir
copyfile new2 version a pseudo2 name
So with FILE CONTROL you can't replace co-dependent files in one atomic
operation, as one would do with the 'copyfile two-step' (love that phrase!)?
Les
Alan Altmark wrote:
On Monday, 03/21/2011 at 10:54 EDT, Les Koehler vmr...@tampabay.rr.com
wrote:
Does FILE CONTROL thus have the same
Isn't SCANFILE MODULE available from the VM Download Library? Even if not, PIPES
could probably simplify this EXEC.
But it doesn't help analyze the code. Which is why I suggested a good XREF
program. If he has the Rexx Compiler, that might satisfy his need.
Les
Miguel Roman wrote:
Hi,
I
of options.
Another good oldie is SEARCH44 MODULE.
Mike Walter
Aon Corporation
The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's.
Les Koehler vmr...@tampabay.rr.com
Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
03/17/2011 10:10 AM
Please respond to
The IBM z
A friend and I were (dis)cussing SFS and he thinks it can be networked
cross-country. Possible? I would guess that it would be an authentication
nightmare at the user level. Thoughts?
Les
I've heard of some shops doing that on MVS, but it requires privilege and
management approval.
Les
Florian Bilek wrote:
Thanks for the feedback. I will forward the question to my IBM
representative. Let's see what that Delivery offering means.
I read about this in the Author's Guide. I
Have you looked in the VM Download Library? Any good Rexx XREF program should
yield the basic information that you would need to accumulate.
Les
Mehta, Nilay wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to create inventory list to show all called procedures from an EXEC
program.
Ideally I require a
Ah, the beauty of Firefox and AdBlockerPlus!
Les
David L. Craig wrote:
A huge Microsoft ad obliterated the article for 10-15 seconds when I
got there. That by itself was all I really needed to know. This is
one of the most deceptive, intentionally misdirecting pieces of
journalism I have
He didn't specify it was a job. That opens a whole new can of worms: JCL, pswd
etc.
Les
David Boyes wrote:
Alternatively, the TCPNJE add-on-extra to RSCS will allow submission through
NJE.
The user part of the process is the same, though. In both cases, the file has
to end up in RSCS'
Someone once said: If the wrong question is asked, it doesn't make any
difference what the answer is.
Les
Mike Walter wrote:
A quick Google search didn't turn up anything obvious. Our z/OS folks
never heard of Reserved processors in z/OS (they see processors by the
command: D M=CPU).
Don't I recall an append to Capacity Monitoring talking about keeping
performance data for 6 months?
Les
chinedu ibeh wrote:
Hello everyone,
In Performance Toolkit can the trend file be separated by dates? Right now
it is cumulative.
Also, I would like to keep trend files for specific
SLFTEACH XEDIT is mentioned here:
http://web.utk.edu/~mnewman/ibmguide05.html
which is for the University of Tennessee Computing Center. The site appears to
be outdated, but it's really nice!
Les
Gentry, Stephen wrote:
The google search did bring up hits at education institutions (i.e.
I'm curious: How do you find the user who is not enrolled, but granted rights to
the target user to be deleted?
Les
Schuh, Richard wrote:
The Pipe is the easiest.
PIPE user list | spec /delete user/ 1 w1 nw | cms | delete log a
Note, however, that if you have an SFS that has a lot of
-Original Message-
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System
[mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Les Koehler
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:22 PM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: CMS SFS Question
I'm curious: How do you find the user who is not enrolled,
but granted
care about is that the user be enrolled, I ignore that failure.
Regards,
Richard Schuh
-Original Message-
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System
[mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Les Koehler
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 1:24 PM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re
David,
Nielsen has (had?) some excellent Rexx programmers here in Tampa but they had no
working experience with VM/CMS, and that's one of the most important things for
an Application Programmer (speaking from all my experience as one for IBM).
Drop me a private note if you'd like to talk.
Alan,
Who's Architecture reserves 00-3f hex as device control characters? I have a
memory of displaying a hex table (oriented the right way) of 00-ff on my old
3279-3x.
Les
Alan Altmark wrote:
On Wednesday, 02/23/2011 at 09:00 EST, Frank M. Ramaekers
framaek...@ailife.com wrote:
Is there a
Thanks for the explanation! Guess I'm suffering from CRS.
Les
Alan Altmark wrote:
On Wednesday, 02/23/2011 at 06:34 EST, Les Koehler
vmr...@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
Who's Architecture reserves 00-3f hex as device control characters? I
have a
memory of displaying a hex table (oriented the right
The general population wouldn't understand and many VMers, like myself, wouldn't
like VM being associated with such a nasty site.
Les
Phil Smith III wrote:
Needs a VM bear in it (at far left!): http://imgur.com/gallery/YRTn7
The graphic alone is at http://i.imgur.com/YRTn7.jpg -- in full
Oops! The last statement should be:
say city.who
Sorry! blush
Les
Les Koehler wrote:
Rexx vars are always upper-cased *except* for 'content addressable
arrays' (stemmed variables). For example:
name='Les Koehler'
city.name='Tampa'
say 'Enter the name of the person and I''ll give you
Back in my IBM days, I used to close all the console spool files every hour.
They went to another DVM on the same system which tracked their timely arrival
and then transferred them to my local DVM, which also tracked them and dealt
them out to Keeper DVM'S. I, or my backup (or OPS), got MSG
As long as you can disconnect at the SANS *whithout* any mechanical disturbance,
you should be ok. After all, the SAN can't electrically see the cable.
Les
McBride, Catherine wrote:
We were a Z-VM 5.4 shop. Unfortunately due to consolidation we have shut down our mainframe and are in the
On 2/4/2011 12:10 AM, Les Koehler wrote:
Another video of interest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhDaAmn5Uwfeature=player_embedded
Les
Fran Hensler wrote:
Cross posted to VM and VSE lists:
Video showing 100 years of IBM inovations:
http://www.wimp.com/ibmachievements/
/Fran Hensler
Another video of interest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhDaAmn5Uwfeature=player_embedded
Les
Fran Hensler wrote:
Cross posted to VM and VSE lists:
Video showing 100 years of IBM inovations:
http://www.wimp.com/ibmachievements/
/Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
What's REXEC? Rexx is built-in to CMS. Nothing special is needed except that the
first line be a Rexx comment so that CMS can tell the difference between EXEC,
EXEC2 and Rexx.
Generally speaking, if Rexx can't find a called exec (or function), you haven't
ACCESSed the necessary disk.
Les
the specified
command on a remote host.
On 11 Jan 2011 at 12:45, Les Koehler wrote:
What's REXEC? Rexx is built-in to CMS. Nothing special is needed except that the
first line be a Rexx comment so that CMS can tell the difference between EXEC,
EXEC2 and Rexx.
Generally speaking, if Rexx can't
365, plus 1 for each leap year.
Les
George Henke/NYLIC wrote:
Not quite sure what is the difference between the number of days since the
beginning of the century and the number of days since the most recent year
ending in '00' unless going back or ahead more than a century or 2.
But I
So just change the / to % and you have a Rexx program :-)
Les
Jim Bohnsack wrote:
Here are dates that could be put into a table.
The following are dates of Easter from 1980 to 2024:
1980 April 6 1995 April 162010 April 4
1981 April 19 1996 April 72011
Do you mean a base64 encode? Or 64 bit encode?
Les
Shimon Lebowitz wrote:
Is there a 64encode EXEC (not pipe stage) hanging around anywhere,
or do I need to write my own?
Thanks,
Shimon
In fact, the 1993 version that I have will let you put almost anything you want
in the RDYMSG!
Les
Kris Buelens wrote:
I've got two things
- CMMOUSE (an as-is tool, part of Pcomm). I used it to logon and setthe
window's title bar to the VM nodeid and userid. I created REXX scripts to
Not in the beginning. It was a 'face saver' after IBM lost the bid for Project
MAC and was an outgrowth of CP-40 and the failure of TSS/360.
Yes, at one point it was 'saved' by making the case for MVS development, but by
that time there was considerable customer pressure that preceded the
Back in the old days, I recall a finance type person saying something like: The
Gold Standard is that it should take collusion between two or more people to
defraud the company.
If we apply that to IT, then shouldn't pswds for privileged userids that can
access/change financial data be long
Scott Rohling wrote:
No - from what you showed - the 'COMMAND COMPLETE' indicates that CP SET
VSWITCH was actually issued. There is no CMS SET VSWITCH -- it would have
failed with 'invalid operand' or something.
It 'is' good practice to use Address Command -- but that's a red herring
here, I
I learned:
'CONWAIT'
'DESBUF'
but maybe that isn't necessary any more.
Les
Hughes, Jim wrote:
You need to issue a DESBUF command before the EXIT 99 statement.
The LISTFILE command is putting the EXECNAME is the program/console
stack and being read after your problem exits. CMS reads it
Sergio,
As Scott suggests, compiling is the first step to protect yourself from getting
calls about tools that are not *your* tools.
The second step, assuming you can't get the tool installed in a shared segment
(or whatever they call it these days), is to check that it is executing from an
It's just clever code on the server, depending on authorizations and privileges.
Even my ancient VMSERVE from the Download Library can be readily programmed to
do it. File output is easy, MSG output not so easy because of the indeterminate
end of the messages from service machines you don't
There are some attributes that a pc simply can't do, like underscore and blink.
I certainly wouldn't be surprised if my recently acquired WC3270 emulator
misbehaved in colorizing for VM.
Les
zMan wrote:
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Chip Davis c...@aresti.com wrote:
I haven't seen a real
My apologies to all. Guess I was going on old information.
Les
Mark Pace wrote:
Vista TN3270 does both.
I'd look at your emulator.
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Les Koehler vmr...@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
There are some attributes that a pc simply can't do, like underscore and
blink. I
I seem to recall that NetRexx would run on CMS, back before I retired. That
would require a compiler and JVM, yes?
Les
Alan Ackerman wrote:
Maybe. There was discussion at the time that CMS Java needed a JIT (Just
In Time) compiler and
did not have one. Even with much faster mainframes, I
plug Get VMSERVE PACKAGE from the VM Download Library (or any of the other
similar packages).
Les
Mark Workman wrote:
Thanks for all of the help. I used the RC and then looped thru the
stacked data to get the message I needed.
Mark Workman
Shelter Insurance Companies
573.214.4672
I have a *very* old Palm/Tungsten and the collapsible keyboard. It's great! I
don't use it as a cell phone anymore (no need) just as a PDA, but when I want to
do a lot of data entry it's a life saver. Even though it has a
mechanical/electrical connection that prevents it from connecting to a
It's certainly hard to believe that IBM built the hardware and software for a
z10 *without* fist emulating both in a virtual environment! After all, that's
what gave VM a renewed life when they tried to kill it... MVS had to have it to
test new releases.
But, of course, perhaps the necessary
Use the date() function. HELP REXX DATE
Les
Horlick, Michael wrote:
Greetings,
I would like to determine a date in the future through an EXEC.
Example: We IPL VM every 28 days. Last time was Sept 8,2010. I would like to determine the date of the next VM IPL. Have the same need for VSE IPL
As a responsible professional, you do not (and should not) take it as it is.
Sometimes manual procedures are put in place as a stop-gap measure *after*
management has done a risk assessment. The situation may now have changed and
the RA is no longer valid, or whatever. Manual procedures should,
The big advantage for a SVM is that you have as much granularity over the
commands it will accept, and from whom, as you want to program into it.
Going open kimono via UserB is not a good idea (as others have pointed out),
no matter how attractive it might sound. You won't pass the most trivial
Scott,
Are you saying it can't be used by a Rexx interpreter on Windows? Kind of
defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
Btw: ooRexx has an incubator Piplelines project being discussed on a private
list for RexxLA members.
Full disclosure: I'm the Treasurer of RexxLA: http://www.rexxla.org
Les
Typo?: # of zLinux servers if a company.
Les
Jocelyn Blais wrote:
Hi folks,
I still need one more person to be a reference for IBM Operations Manager
on
zVM. all it implies is to potentially receive a call to confirm that you
have been using the product and that your are satisfied with it.
Not to mention the fact that at the very heart of shell scripting and Unix
commands is the idea that the user is sitting at a 33 baud teletype!
Les
zMan wrote:
Jack Woehr wrote:
The Unix manuals are fabulous. They're not corporate expiatiation of
contractual responsibility. They're the heart
/18/10 18:47 Les Koehler said:
Not to mention the fact that at the very heart of shell scripting and
Unix commands is the idea that the user is sitting at a 33 baud teletype!
Les
zMan wrote:
Jack Woehr wrote:
The Unix manuals are fabulous. They're not corporate expiatiation of
contractual
In my pre-retirement days, the documentation for DMSPLU was in some exec on the
S or T disk.
Les
Mark Pace wrote:
Thanks everyone. I was not expecting complete code. The pointer to DMSPLU
is all I expected.
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Fran Hensler f...@zvm.sru.edu wrote:
I use
Watch out! The date of a file is the date it was last written, *not* accessed!
There's an old, old, story of the MHV IBM manager that wanted to save (then)
expensive disk space, so he ordered that all CMS systems with files older than
some dd/mm/yy be erased from *all* disks by Operations
Thanks Kris. That refreshes my memory! Since THE can't do any of those things,
I've taken a different approach.
Les
Kris Buelens wrote:
This feature is not used by FILELIST co, but by HELP. You can see the
difference in XEDIT's status area: in HELP you can observe MACRO READ, not
the case
As long as management knows the risks and has signed off on a formal document,
no worries!
Les
Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) wrote:
Thanks Alan. I would love to be able to shut the guests down while I am
backing them up but unfortunately this guest was converted over from the
Solaris side
Berry,
You need a Watchdog DVM that gets a msg about which guest has been kicked and
how long to wait for a response before reporting 'stalled'. It then generates
its own WAKEUP event looking for the COMPLETED msg from PROP. A counter can be
kept to time-slice events so that more than one can
Thanks Alan, but I'm retired and don't have a VM system to play with. My sandbox
is now the THE editor on a W7 laptop.
Les
Alan Winson wrote:
It's all documented. Issue HELP XEDIT READ.
That sure sounds familiar! The pdf manual that I downloaded has this note about
READ:
Using CTLCHARs in non-RESERVED lines with READ NOCHANGE, may
cause unpredictable results.
However, as has been pointed out earlier, what we both remember is, in fact, a
dependent behavior of some system
Do I recall correctly that in order to use an unprotected field in a reserved
line, the macro has to issue a READ ALL so that Xedit will honor the control
characters?
I've been playing with trying to do something like that with THE on my pc and
just wanted to refresh my memory about that
I've seen a post that says the output of the C compiler on Z/OS is compatible
with what VM needs. If the systems are connected, as I would hope, then no extra
fees are involved.
Les
Dunsmuir, Allan wrote:
Folks,
I'm beginning the task of updating the InfoZIP zip and
unzip ports for z/OS
(Sigh) Duck if you've heard this before.
Put ADDRESS COMMAND at the beginning of your exec
Quote and UPPER CASE all commands to the underlying system
Don't abbreviate any commands
Don't waste your time putting semi-colons on the end of the line
(ESigh)
Les
Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)
The trick is the code to collect and organize all the information!
Les
Alan Altmark wrote:
On Friday, 07/16/2010 at 10:18 EDT, David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net
wrote:
Perhaps Chuckie would like to create a template for submitting
networking
problems that demonstrates this new artistic
Grab a *copy* of the accounting records and search them.
Les
Schuh, Richard wrote:
Four possible modules and a few EXECs that call the modules. I can look for the EXECs in current logs. I seriously doubt that anyone is calling the modules directly, but I will have to front-end then to be sure.
Before I retired we had a module from YKT that would execute the EXEC being
edited FROM STORAGE, w/o having to Save it. Don't know if it ever was put in the
VM Download Library but it was *very* handy for tweaking or experimenting with
code! I wrote a RUN macro to invoke it and pass parms,
How about: virtual full-pack
Les
Rob van der Heij wrote:
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Scott Rohling scott.rohl...@gmail.com wrote:
Ok -- darn it. a 1 to END minidisk just doesn't have the same ring to
it as 'full pack'. And it's another syllable to mumble.. ;-)
Care for my pseudo
Sergio,
Someone always has to remind folks who write CMS execs in Rexx:
1-Always code: Address Command
right after the comment at the top.
2-Upper case and quote *all* commands to the underlying system and do not
abbreviate them.
3-When executing another exec, code: EXEC execname
4-Similarly, a
And an idle virtual machine doesn't imply that it's not waiting for something
important to happen, or NOT happen!
Audit findings don't come from the Deity!
Les
Alan Altmark wrote:
On Tuesday, 06/01/2010 at 10:27 EDT, David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net
wrote:
If your users log in via tn3270,
That's a line managers and policy enforcement problem.
Les
David Boyes wrote:
With care, as an idle terminal does not imply an idle virtual machine.
Indeed, although I suspect his auditor is whining about terminals left unattended.
My favorite was always IOS3270. Search for it in the library.
Les
peter.w...@ttc.ca wrote:
You can get WINMAKER from the download library
http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/. I have used it to build a disaster
recovery application. There is also CUA2001 on the library that some are very
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