Another thought might be ADDRESS CATALOG or something to make IGGCSI00 easier for people to use.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 1:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: REXX "address" environments > > On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:43:03 -0600, McKown, John wrote: > > >There are a number of environments for REXX which are > accessed via the "ADDRESS" command. Eg: ADDRESS TSO ; ADDRESS > SDSF; ADDRESS SYSCALL; ADDRESS ISPEXEC; ADDRESS ISREDIT. So, > I my mind was wandering around without a keeper the other day > and started thinking about what other environments might be > nice to have available. Some of these may already exist as > they would be in envirnoments not available at my shop. But I > was wonder what others might thing of them. > > > >The first one was one I can really get into: ADDRESS FTP. > This would make scripting FTP sessions much easier. ... > > > Well, there is an API to FTP: > > Linkname: CONTENTS "z/OS V1R12.0 Comm Svr: IP Programmer's > Guide and Reference" IBM Library Server > Link that you currently have selected > Linkname: Chapter 13. FTP Client Application Programming > Interface (API) > URL: > http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/f1a > 1d3a0/13.0 > > ... which might satisfy much of the need. > > >Another might be ADDRESS SSH ... > > > Of course, you can issue single commands with ssh, but a > persistent environment would add value. > > >Other thoughts: ADDRESS CICS to send CICS requests via EXCI > to a CICS region. ADDRESS IMS, ADDRESS DB2?? These may > already exist for all I know - I'm quite ignorant. > > > >Am I overlooking something? Have I inspired anyone? Or am I > whistling in the wind? > > > Make ADDRESS SH available in EXECs started from TSO or IRXJCL. > Really, this ought to be a collateral effect of SYSCALLS('ON') > > My pet: address SMP/E. or at least a Rexx-friendly API to SMP/E. > There are panels; why not a Rexx API. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
