Gil, 

I don't think that "environmental attributes" referred to by bpx4env are the 
same thing as environment variables.   

I could be wrong, but I don't think that environment variables exist except for 
in Language Environment  (or the C library of a given non-LE C-compiler).   For 
example, if you look at the z/OS Unix Assembler Services guide, you will see 
that the kernel services that *use* environment vars (e.g. STEPLIB) have 
arguments where you give it a pointer to your envar table.

Kirk Wolf
Dovetailed Technologies
http:// <http://dovetail.com>coztoolkit.com

On Mon, Oct 2, 2023, at 2:40 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 03:25:11 -0400, David Cole wrote:
> 
> >We are beginning to write support for USS. I personally don't know
> >much at all about USS (there are others here who do), so please help
> >me along if there are terms I'm not using quite correctly.
> >
> Is this useful 
> <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=csd-oe-env-np-bpx1env-bpx4env-examine-change-examine-change-environmental-attribute>?
> 
> >We have a need for our code to access environment variables. I am
> >being told that they can be accessed easily by C programs but are
> >unavailable to Assembler programs.
> >
> >Is this true? Is there no way whatsoever for an Assembler program to
> >gain access to environment variables? Is this truly an issue that no
> >one has solved?
> 
> -- 
> gil
> 
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