Any product can dynamically add itself to the REXX host environment table to
provide “ADDRESS foobar” style support, so I think that it is the requirement
of the underlying product to document that fact (rather than TSO or z/OS Unix).
On re-reading the SDSF User Guide, the section on “Invoking SDSF” only mentions
TSO and ISPF as I believe it is referring to the interactive interface and the
things you can do on the panels (or screens).
I agree that this is misleading as there other ways of invoking SDSF to get
data.
I will see if I can get the “Invoking SDSF” section in the user guide to be
more explicit and point to the later chapters that describe REXX (and batch).
Rob Scott
Rocket Software
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On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 20:27:10 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>Well, here there's nothing to escalate; I've generally gotten good responses
>from RCFs.
>
Submitted as below. Has anyone suggestions for additions?
Hello, MHVRCFs,
Neither z/OS Version 2 Release 4 TSO/E REXX Reference
IBM SA32-0972-40
nor z/OS Version 2 Release 4 Using REXX and z/OS UNIX System Services
IBM SA23-2283-40
mentions that the SDSF command environment ("ADDRESS SDSF")
is available under IRXJCL and Unix System Services. I have
used ADDRESS SDSF in both contexts. I suspect this function
is provided intentionally by IBM with intent to support it.
z/OS Version 2 Release 4 SDSF User's Guide IBM
SC27-9028-40
mentions only that it's available under TSO, not IRXJCL nor
UNIX System Services.
I find UNIX and IRXJCL mentioned somewhat obliquely in
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247419.pdf<http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247419.pdf>
... but a Redbook is not where most programmers would
seek such documentation.
The availability of "ADDRESS SDSF" under UNIX and IRXJCL
should be mentioned in a Reference manual.
More generally, should the availability of a command
environment be documented in a Rexx manual such as
SA32-0972-40 or SA23-2283-40, or in the manual describing
the commands such as SC27-9028-40? An incomplete list
such as in SA32-0972-40 or SC27-9028-40 is likely to
mislead programmers.
Thanks,
gil
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