On Tue, 31 May 2022 15:08:57 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: >It isn't really clear to me what you are trying to do other than some >variation on /bin/find and then processing the resulting list of files. > /bin/find is underappreciated. find <list> <predicates> -exec /bin/sh -xc " list of commands" "$0" {} \; can do remarkable things such as systematically renaming files.
I wouldn't recommend relying on "the default shell of the user". for this unless the user supplies the shell commands and they operate with that user's privileges. >Are you are trying to start multiple concurrent processes? I can't tell. > Beware the z/OS limit on concurrent processes. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN