On Fri, 23 May 2025 09:38:14 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: >Let's face facts. This thread is all klunky hackery because BPXBATCH is >horrible. It's not that hard to create a utility that just takes normal Unix >shell input in "STDIN DD *" and runs whatever command you want with normal >Unix line input processing. All of this nonsense to get around that by using >long parms, STDPARM, and requiring unnatural syntax to run shell commands in >BPXBATCH via "/bin/sh -c" is just avoiding the real problem: BPXBATCH sucks. > IMO, this utility is largely responsible for the poor uptake of UNIX in z/OS. > Is bpxwunix() a candidate? I read in <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=functions-bpxwunix> Usage notes bpxwunix() can be used outside of the z/OS UNIX REXX environment (for example, in TSO/E).
Is that true, effective, and practical? I submitted a Feedback asking for examples. >PS> Got digits in 73-80? It's SMOP to ignore if present. We have always done >it that way. > Or, just turn them off in an editor you like. (but be careful not to drop your JCL file -- you won't be able to sort it back in order!) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
