Thanks. I had totally forgotten about that because we basically only use it "under duress". I think that is so because we don't have a CF and so can only do DASD logging. I will look, but can a non-APF authorized, standard application use the System Logger? Hum, just thinking out loud about another idea that pop into my empty skull.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Don Poitras <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure how much the unix style syslogs are really used on z/OS. > A more "native" solution would be to use the System Logger. > > > http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v2r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieaa200%2Fx2wri.htm > > > In article < > caajsdjj4_mcog-xbaphvc0qej5cgp8s-cwvo6+rzav3zr2b...@mail.gmail.com> you > wrote: > > As an offshoot of something else I'm working on, I had another strange > > idea. Which I have not fleshed out yet. But I'd appreciate your feedback. > > As most know, it is possible to create a "subsystem" which can be > > referenced in a DD statement via the SUBSYS= parameter. I was wondering > if > > it would be of any use to write such a beastie which sends the records to > > the UNIX syslog daemon? Of course, this wouldn't be for reports, but > might > > be useful for a DD which is for "status message" type information. > Perhaps > > like those written to the MSGUSR DD in CICS. > > > Possible example: > > > //USERLOG DD SUBSYS=(SLOG,"FACILITY=LOCAL7,SEVERITY=INFO"), > > // DCB=(...) > > > I was also thinking that the SLOG would insert the job name, job number, > > and an ISO8601 format timestamp into the message. > > > Am I again looking for a solution to a non-existent problem? Not that it > > bothers me much when I get a "wild hare". > > > -- > > Wasn't there something about a PASCAL programmer knowing the value of > > everything and the Wirth of nothing? > > > Maranatha! <>< > > John McKown > > -- > Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive > [email protected] (919) 531-5637 Cary, NC 27513 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wasn't there something about a PASCAL programmer knowing the value of everything and the Wirth of nothing? Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
