On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: <snip>
> Does this do anytning that couldn't as well be done with: > cp "//'KIRK.CLEARTEXT.DATA'" /dev/fd/1 | > iconv -f IBM-037 -t IBM-1252 | > gpg -r key-1 --batch --output=- --encrypt=- >~KIRK/ENCRYPT # (I'm > guessing.) > Well, my example: a) runs the shell script on a remote linux server and b) reaches back into the source z/OS job for I/O. Your example would only run on z/OS. Which is fine if that's what you want. > Why go back to to a non-UNIX data set at all? UNIX files are much > more tractable for sftp, NFS, etc. > > Is gpg: > o Standard with z/OS/ > o Supplied with Co:Z? > o In Ported Tools? > o Other? > No. No. No. But - since you are running on linux, gpg is a standard package on all distros. Which is kind of the whole point: you are offloading processing as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
