What I meant, but phrased poorly, was explicitly using UNIX facilities such as BPX1* callable services, storing p"permanent" production level application data in a UNIX file vs DSN, or using a UNIX shell & associated UNIX shell commands (e.g.awk) in production JCL.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 10:17 AM Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, I considered asserting that there is no such thing as running on > z/OS NOT under UNIX. <g> > > I believe that "z/OS is UNIX" is a true statement. > > Most of us in this group think of z/OS as a bunch of traditional stuff > with USS glued on top. From the Open Group's legal point of view, z/OS is > UNIX with some extra, proprietary stuff thrown in (as is Windows Server). > > USS is not something you "run under." USS is a set of interfaces into > various z/OS services. As is JCL. As is LE. As is TSO. > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Kirk Wolf > Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 7:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Any shop use UNIX in a production job? > > Do you mean - > > - using z/OS Unix syscalls? > - using the z/OS Unix file system? > - using the z/OS Unix shell? > > FWIW - I contend that there is no such thing as "running under Unix" on > z/OS. All please discuss :-) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
