Re: RACROUTE REQUEST=AUTH problem

Hi Jon, Muli-User *Single Address Space. Regards, David On 2023-12-01 02:19, Jon Perryman wrote: The one thing no one has mentioned is MUSASS configuration (Multi-User address spaces). Has the customer configured MUSASS changes like naming table, exits or ???. For instance, is the STC jobname

Re: Fwd: What is the PDS command?

Hi Ed, You and your programmer were not impressed?! How can you not be impressed by the ability to add Directory Blocks (by moving members out of the way), the ability to generate JCL to LinkEdit PDS members, the ability to copy members (with ISPF Stats) or the ability to recover deleted member

Re: What is the PDS command?

Hi Gil, Of course they do. The PDS Command Processor, however, does it directly in the same Dataset without switching panels (REPR Command). Regards, David On 2023-12-27 08:36, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 05:57:03 -0500, David Spiegel wrote: ..,, the ability to copy

Re: Checking status of multiple datasets in CLIST and REXX

Hi KB, CSI won't tell you anything about ALLOCATEd DDNAMES. Regards, David On 2023-12-29 09:55, kekronbekron wrote: There's a catalog search interface (CSI), and I think there's a sample REXX for using it in SAMPLIB. On Friday, December 29th, 2023 at 20:17, Seymour J Metz wrote: I need

Re: Checking status of multiple datasets in CLIST and REXX

Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH. Gut Voch. Ich Vil Dich Freigen Ein Kasho. You said: "...TSOLIB inline. ..." What does this mean and why is it better/easier to do this in CLIST than in Rexx? Regards, David On 2023-12-29 16:13, Seymour J Metz wrote: In my case there is a CLIST effectively called from the R

Re: SMF Interval

Hi Steve, JWT too low would cause 522s, not 322s. Regards, David On 2023-12-29 16:51, Steve Beaver wrote: Sorry my bad. I was the thinking about JWT Sent from my iPhone No one said I could type with one thumb On Dec 29, 2023, at 15:49, Steve Beaver wrote: Be careful setting in low. If TS

Re: Why do I have IEE159E MESSAGE WAITING

Hi Joe AMV"SH, Because all messages on your screen need to be cleared manually, or, use DEL(R). Regards, David On 2024-01-02 11:36, Joseph Reichman wrote: HI I have the following message on the console IEE612I CN=C908 DEVNUM=0908 SYS=S0W1 IEE163I MODE= RD

Re: Why do I have IEE159E MESSAGE WAITING

Hi Jon, There are ways to flood the console other than ROUTCODE(ALL). Regards, David On 2024-01-02 12:49, Jon Perryman wrote: On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 11:36:34 -0500, Joseph Reichman wrote: I have CON(N) and DEL(RD). Wondering why this happening The most likely cause is ROUTCODE(ALL) and RTME(1)

Re: Why do I have IEE159E MESSAGE WAITING

Hi Doug, What makes you think that it was altered? Regards, David From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Doug Sent: January 2, 2024 12:25 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Why do I have IEE159E MESSAGE WAITING Use the ‘K S’ command at th

Re: Why do I have IEE159E MESSAGE WAITING

wrote: On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 12:55:37 -0500, David Spiegel wrote: There are ways to flood the console other than ROUTCODE(ALL). What is your point? Clearly, the OP doesn't understand console flooding otherwise he would not have ROUTCDE(ALL). I gave the OP what he needs to learn to understand w

Re: Sysplex

Hi Scott, "... various ESMs ..." Does this mean: various External Security Managers? Regards, David On 2019-11-27 12:03, scott Ford wrote: > We use one of the system subpool SP 231 for holding messages we build from > various ESMs. The customer asked if we could share SP231 across LPARs. > My tak

Re: Most-used instructions? Just for fun.

Hi Charles, What about Macro expansions? What about dead code? Regards, David On 2019-12-09 11:08, Charles Mills wrote: > Not a rigorous measurement, but would be easy to write Rexx to scan a series > of code libraries and count. > > Charles > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe

Re: Backward compat--how far?

Hi R' Shmuel  AMV"SH, "... MERDE ... " Was that a Freudian Slip or a typo? {;}-? Regards, David On 2019-12-18 17:11, Seymour J Metz wrote: > I thought that everyone using TSO Data set Utilities: COPY, FORMAT, LIST and > MERDE, 5734-UT1, had converted to ASI TSO Superset > (https://eur01.safelin

Re: CBT File 120 - A new article - Member BM1912DE

Hi Binyamin AMV"SH, וכל המרבה הרי משובח א פרייליכען חנוכה Regards, David On 2019-12-23 03:23, Binyamin Dissen wrote: > On Mon, 23 Dec 2019 02:47:15 -0500 Arthur wrote: > > :>On 22 Dec 2019 12:23:25 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main > :>(Message-ID:) > :>t...@vse2pdf.com (Tony Thigpen) wrote: > >

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Re: CBT File 120 - A new article - Member BM1912DE

... as does the Terse format On 2019-12-27 16:37, Seymour J Metz wrote: > The XMIT format allows for automatically creating the correct DCB information > on restore. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F~smetz3&data=0

Re: CBT File 120 - A new article - Member BM1912DE

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Re: Connect upgrade Secure+ requirement

Hi Steve, You can use the PDS Command Processor for this and a lot more. Please see cbttape.org (File 182). I would use the "HIS" (History) subcommand on the modules in question. Another possibility is use AMASPZAP to DUMP the module. Regards, Davie On 2020-01-28 13:17, Steve David wrote: > We

Re: Who do you trust? trivia

Hi Skip, Here is a "famous" quote attributed to Sir Winston Churchill: This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put. Please see: https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/11/14/churchill-on-prepositions/ Regards, David On 2020-01-31 18:19, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: This construction does n

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

Hi Dave, NetView is an IBM product. Regards, David On 2020-02-07 03:10, Gibney, Dave wrote: Netview is not among the CA products we have. But, I guess I wasn't clear. The direction is toward nothing that isn't z/OS. CA-OPS/MVS is something we do use and it would be inconvenient to do without

[SUSPECTED SPAM] Re: ALLOC command releasing space

Hi Fred, This might occur because: - Your shop has a storage software product (e.g. Mainview SRM) which adjusts allocations automatically. - Your shop has ALLOCATION Exits (The ISPF Allocation Exit is the not the same as the TSO/Batch Allocation Exit). Regards, David On 2020-02-10 19:27, Fred

Re: Tape dataset tracking

Hi Brian, Maybe, (Warning: Bad pun ahead!) you could go by an old nursery rhyme "Pease porridge in the pot, nine days (h)old". Regards, David On 2020-02-13 03:33, Brian Fraser wrote: The answer is "it depends".. How often do you run scratch processing? What hardware was the tape written

Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

Hi Paul, USS can also mean UNIX System Services. Regards, David On 2020-02-19 11:28, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:08:13 +0800, David Crayford wrote: This look interesting! IBM have a new product for running traditional batch utilities using an API that works in shell scripts,

Re: Rexx parse using period as placeholder

R'Shmuel, You may have to explain what "AK" means. I'm not sure that everyone is familiar with this. Regards, David On 2020-02-27 10:46, Seymour J Metz wrote: You are being pedantic, but that's ok. When I was at NSF there was a van with the license number PEDANT. I had lust in my heart for th

Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as placeholder]

*JRR Tolkien On 2020-02-27 22:43, Bob Bridges wrote: I think most people spell that without any spaces at all, ie "i.e.". Also "e.g.". Me, I eschew periods in abbreviations that are common enough; "ie", "eg", "Mr", "Dr", "JRR Tolkein" and so on. I add them to my dictionary so spell-check

Re: Attitude of companies toward mainframers working from home?

Hi Bobbie Jo, I agree wholeheartedly. It seems that a lot of government agencies (of all levels) demand that the employee/contractor be at their office and that working outside is somehow a really huge (undeserved) perq. As you've pointed out, your availability is much greater because you have

Re: OT: Mandatory Work From Home at my company

When I've been told by recruiters that I have to be on site, I try to get them to understand that for Systems Programming, there is almost no good reason to ever be on site. I also tell them that if the boss really wants to see my ugly face and that I'm not goofing off, I will start a Skype (or

Re: Does anybody remember CLIST?

How about the ability to force the caller to supply a specific number of arguments? On 2020-03-22 14:27, Bob Bridges wrote: As far as I know there are only two useful tricks CLIST can perform that REXX can't. Well, maybe three: 1) WRITENR. So when I really need it, I use an external REXX ex

Re: 64-bit application dump analysis [was: RE: Problems with ESTAEX invoked in AMODE 64 . . . ]

HI Walt, "... Merely a lack of education on the part of those administrators, in my opinion. ..." This reminds me of a contract I worked on a few years ago. I was working on a project and asked the MVS Group for permission to invoke ADRDSSU in TSO (because it wasn't in AUTHPGM). The head honc

Re: strange python announcement

Hi David, "... For a lot of tasks ISPF is the best tool for the job. ..." How about the ONLY (instead of the best) (e.g. HCD, WLM, ISMF)? Regards, David On 2020-03-29 22:52, David Crayford wrote: I agree. I'm not knocking ISPF! I use it a lot, mainly SDSF as I use GUI editors. The rest of the t

Re: Why rip out COBOL when you can modernize key applications? - Weirdware

How about no internal subroutines with local variables? On 2020-04-07 14:47, Bob Bridges wrote: I used to bad-mouth COBOL, and I still prefer languages that are less wordy. But I came somewhat reluctantly to see that it has its strengths. The one I think most important is that it encourages

Re: Why rip out COBOL when you can modernize key applications? - Weirdware

Internal subroutines and local variables have been supported since COBOL 1985 (VS COBOL II era). They're not ideal, but they do exist. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of David Spiegel Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 12:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.E

Re: Any shop use UNIX in a production job?

Tuna fish? On 2020-04-13 12:09, PINION, RICHARD W. wrote: How about a NIC card? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 12:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Any shop use UNIX in a production job? [Exte

Re: Apparent bug in CBT 617 SMFREPT

What type of coffee? On 2020-04-14 13:56, Seymour J Metz wrote: Sorry, not enough coffee. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Seymour J Metz [sme...@gmu.e

Re: IPCS LIST command to display storage when pointer is in a different address space

Hi R'Shmuel, PKB ... Do you mean "Pot calling the kettle black "? Regards, David On 2020-04-20 11:12, Seymour J Metz wrote: PKB. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fmason.gmu.e

Re: Here we go again;

It was also the physical size of the dataset. On 2020-04-22 12:55, Gibney, Dave wrote: In the 80's a byte of DASD savings could be thousands of dollars. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 9:12 AM To: IBM-M

Re: [External] Re: Here we go again;

The 3200 Maximum Blocksize used to be a Linkage Editor restriction. Also, better JCL does not pay dividends for any software vendor. As long as the old stuff works, nobody cares that it has been around since 2314s and 2319s. On 2020-04-22 15:34, Seymour J Metz wrote: Well, I used a DCB exit t

Re: [External] Re: Here we go again;

I'll bet that you never used the VTOC program (CBT File 112) to scan your DASD for underutilization, bad blocking, uncataloged datasets, phantom catalog entries etc. On 2020-04-22 15:20, Gerhard adam wrote: ... and so goes the mythology.  The truth is that programmers ro

Re: [External] Re: Here we go again;

Because, one programmer produces JCL and shares it with his/her colleagues for the next 50 years. Have you ever worked in a real company? On 2020-04-22 15:41, Gerhard adam wrote: Why did you have to go to the programmers to make sure they were using proper block sizes if

Re: Here we go again;

1s' complement as in ... CDC? (I used to program FORTRAN on CDC and had to deal with "Negative Zeroes".) On 2020-04-23 11:37, Seymour J Metz wrote: Real programmers use ones' complement ;-) I don't know of any machine that uses a ten's complement representation, but the idea is appealing. --

Re: Here we go again;

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Re: Mainframe user ID length

TSO used to have a limit of 7. On 2020-04-30 16:43, Mike Schwab wrote: USERID length can be 8. TSO USED to have a limit of 8, with the SYS1.UADS emergency logon adding a digit to access multiple records, and job submission adding a character for the jobname. The 8th character was/is the length

Re: z/os d,a,l --- What does "owt" mean ?

Swapped out, waiting, not ready to run. (waiting for user to enter a command) On 2020-05-01 15:09, Mike Stramba wrote: When running the z/os console display command : d,a,l --- What does "owt" mean ? Seems to be associated with TSO processes ? Mike

Re: TSO/E SUBMIT exit

+1 On 2020-05-06 16:43, Frank Swarbrick wrote: Are you still wanting to limit "non OPER" users to only those jobs beginning with their user ID? If so, for gods sake why? Sounds very 1960s... From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Robert Hahne Sen

Re: IDCAMS not freeing file

JES2 or JES3? This could make a difference. On 2020-05-07 08:27, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote: Hi, We have the following problem I job runs IDCAMS that delete and redefines a VSAM KSDS file. The next step uses a user program to send a command to CICS to open file file. In one partition this works fine.

Re: Colossus, Strangelove, etc. was: Developers say...

Hi Joe, You beat me to it! Regards, David On 2020-05-11 12:57, Joe Monk wrote: An even better story ... https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Adolescence_of_P-1&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca75858d79d87417845d108d7f5cc8165%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aa

Re: Is there a vertical split in ISPF?

Maybe you're thinking XEDIT? On 2021-04-16 16:43, Bob Bridges wrote: Somewhere in the dim reaches of my past I think I saw mention of the ability to split an ISPF screen vertically rather than horizontally. I've never tried it, and I'm not sure I didn't just imagine the capability. But today

Re: SMPe receive e37-04 on SMPPTS1

Hi Allan, That is not necessarily true. You're correct if PURGE=YES in the Global Zone OPTIONS. Regards, David On 2021-04-23 15:27, Allan Staller wrote: Classification: Confidential You might want to run an accept after the maintenance has been successfully deployed. This will clean out the S

Re: Diagram of MVS Control Blocks

*MSS On 2021-04-25 08:55, Seymour J Metz wrote: 3850 MSF (3851, 3830 and connected 3330-1, 3330-11 or 3350 staging drives)? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F~smetz3&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cf5a28c62b9754344266e08d907e97ca6%7C84d

Re: MQ For z/os

Hi Mark, I recently upgraded 9.0-9.1 on z/OS V2.3 One thing to know is that (ZPARM ) OPMODE (in CSQ6SYSP Macro) no longer available, chooses between COMPAT and NEWFUNC. (As of 9.1, it's all effectively NEWFUNC). This also (besides not allowing going backwards) means that you should set your REG

Re: Now it's easier to find stuff on the CBT Tape

Hi Peter/Brian, Where did you turn on debug? Thanks and regards, David On 2021-05-02 03:40, Peter Vels wrote: Brian, you are too kind. You did 99% of the work. Peter On Sun, 2 May 2021 at 16:22, Brian Westerman wrote: Thanks to some timely help from Peter Vels who suggested tracing the FTP

Re: 3270 emulator / telnet with encryption

Hi Richard, This reminds me of a story. Approximately 26 years ago, myself and a colleague were invited to a multi-vendor meeting at a customer site to help solve a problem. My colleague had the misfortune of pronouncing "SAP" as "sap" (rather than Ess-Ay-Pee). The SAP guys there went stark ravi

Re: Pronunciations (spun off of another thread)

Hi Phil, This reminds me of a story ... Approximately 20 years ago, my colleague and myself (same colleague as the other story) were supporting a company in QC. Every time the customer called, it took (what seemed like forever) for the introductory hello. Part of it was due to their announcing t

Re: Pronunciations (spun off of another thread)

;Rack-eff", of course, so I guess I could excuse either "pee-rack-eff" or "prack-eff". Dunno what it is, though. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* One of the quickest ways I've found to look foolish is to state positively what God will no

Re: Pronunciations (spun off of another thread)

CICS are for Trids. On 2021-05-09 20:35, Chris Hoelscher wrote: Silly rabbit, TRICS are for kids . Chris Hoelscher Lead Sys DBA IBM Global Technical Services on assignmemt to Humana Inc. T 502.476.2538 or 502.407.7266 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Beha

SMPE: Element Contains CLIST with ALIAS

Hi, I added a CLIST as part of a PTF. (This is not vendor software.) ++CLIST(ABCXYZ) ALIAS(XYZ) DISTLIB(ACLIST) SYSLIB(CLIST). PROC 0 WRITE HI When I ran the APPLY Job, the IEBCOPY Output showed COPY OUTDD=CLIST,INDD=SMPWRK6  S M=((A000,ABCXYZ,R)) Where does (the ALIAS) XYZ get copied to //C

Re: SMPE: Element Contains CLIST with ALIAS

0/2021 1:15 PM, David Spiegel wrote: I added a CLIST as part of a PTF. (This is not vendor software.) ++CLIST(ABCXYZ) ALIAS(XYZ) DISTLIB(ACLIST) SYSLIB(CLIST). PROC 0 WRITE HI When I ran the APPLY Job, the IEBCOPY Output showed COPY OUTDD=CLIST,INDD=SMPWRK6    S M=((A000,ABCXYZ,R)) Where d

Re: SMPE: Element Contains CLIST with ALIAS

onday, May 10, 2021, 5:01:21 PM EDT, David Spiegel wrote: Hi Scott, You're right. I would've done this, but, the customer insisted it has to be a PTF. Regards, David On 2021-05-10 16:48, A T & T Management wrote:   Why not do this in a usermod? Scott       On Monday, M

Re: Best catch up resources for MVS / ZOS Technologies

Hi gil, Which correct tool did you use? Thanks and regards, David On 2021-05-19 23:16, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Thu, 20 May 2021 03:13:19 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote: Saving "test.pdf.txt", renaming it as "test.pdf" and then trying to open it as a PDF produces the following error message: "Adobe

ISPF Edit Macro Regular Expression

Hi, I'm trying to write a Rexx ISPF Edit Macro which contains a FIND Regular Expression. I'm getting a ISRE997 on this line: "ISREDIT FIND R'ÝABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ@#$¨'" 3 7CEDCCCE4CCDC4D7ACD775B774F444 F92954930695409DD12345678912345678923456789CBBDDF03000 I turned

Re: ISPF Edit Macro Regular Expression

I%3D&reserved=0 ________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of David Spiegel [dspiegel...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 1:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: ISPF Edit Macro Regular Expression Hi, I'm trying to wri

Re: ISPF Edit Macro Regular Expression

________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of David Spiegel [dspiegel...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 1:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: ISPF Edit Macro Regular Expression Hi, I'm trying to write a Rex

Re: ISPF Edit Macro Regular Expression

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Re: ISPF Edit Macro Regular Expression

Hi Seann, Thank you! Regards, David On 2021-05-30 06:06, Sean Gleann wrote: David: "...I still would like to know how to display which codepage I am using" I can't see that anyone else has said this, so I might be repeating something... In PCOMM, start up a session, and you should see a me

ISPF Edit: Introduce New SUBMIT Module

Hi, I need help to figure out how to add a new Primary Command to ISPF Edit, so that I can test a RYO SUBMIT Command written in Assembler. Let's assume that my module is called $UBMIT (with an ALIAS of $UB). I do not want to write an Edit Macro to do this. (I already wrote one of these). nor do

Re: ISPF Edit: Introduce New SUBMIT Module

Hi Brian, I am familiar with the Command Table. I want to set up a command to do an ISPF Edit SUBMIT, not a TSO SUBMIT. That also means no &ZPARM for DSNAME. That is, SUBMIT what is being EDITd/BROWSEd/VIEWd. Thanks and regards, David On 2021-06-24 02:36, Brian Westerman wrote: You can call

Re: ISPF Edit: Introduce New SUBMIT Module

da4mOndOH0VXjMGGN2FOYLiI%3D&reserved=0 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of David Spiegel [dspiegel...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2021 6:09 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ISPF Edit: Introduce New SUBMI

Re: ISPF Edit: Introduce New SUBMIT Module

Hi Jeremy, I have an existing RYO SUBMIT Assembler program. (Also, without Control Block chasing, I have not a way to access RPLRBAR (for Job Number).) Regards, David On 2021-06-24 09:50, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, at 03:25, David Spiegel wrote: Hi, I need help to figure out

Re: ISPF Edit: Introduce New SUBMIT Module

V.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ISPF Edit: Introduce New SUBMIT Module On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, at 14:55, David Spiegel wrote: Hi Jeremy, I have an existing RYO SUBMIT Assembler program. (Also, without Control Block chasing, I have not a way to access RPLRBAR (for Job Number).) How does that answer my quest

Re: Coding for the future

Hi Gil, The newline as part of a string is critical in VM-Land for PROFILE EXECs which want to IPL a Guest in a Rexx Exec. It is necessary because, as soon as the TERM CONMODE 3270 is issued, CMS is blown away, yet, the string is still in the CP Command buffer (waiting to executed). Regards,

Re: Coding for the future

*/ /* CMD=CMD || '15'X || 'IPL 0A80 LOADPARM 0A8224' */ /* CMD=CMD || '15'X || 'IPL 0AC0 LOADPARM 0A8224' */ /* CMD=CMD || '15'X || 'IPL 0A80 LOADPARM 0A82WS' */    CMD=CMD || '15'X || 'IPL 0A80 LOADPARM 0A8224' SAY CMD C

Re: IEHPROG Alias Load module

Hi, IEHPROGM doesn't do this. In TSO, you can: |RENAME test.data(member1) test.data(auxmem) ALIAS Regards, David| On 2021-06-30 12:16, esst...@juno.com wrote: Hello, . Many, Many, Years ago I seem to recall the utility IEHPROG provided ALIAS function for assigning an ALIAS to a LOAD module. D

Re: IEHPROG Alias Load module

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Re: IEHPROG Alias Load module

Hi Joe, *IEBUPDTE has the ALIAS command. IEBUPDTE, however, does not work on Load Modules. Regards, David On 2021-06-30 21:21, Joe Monk wrote: It's IEBUPDAT that has the ALIAS function Joe On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:18 AM esst...@juno.com wrote: Hello, . Many, Many, Years ago I seem to rec

Re: IEHPROG Alias Load module

David Spiegel wrote: Hi Joe, *IEBUPDTE has the ALIAS command. IEBUPDTE, however, does not work on Load Modules. Regards, David On 2021-06-30 21:21, Joe Monk wrote: It's IEBUPDAT that has the ALIAS function Joe On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:18 AM esst...@juno.com wrote: Hello, . Many,

Re: ISPF cursor positioning based edit or browse

Hi Mike, ZOOM on CBT File 671 Please see cbttape.org Regards, David On 2021-07-08 15:00, Mike Hochee wrote: Hi, Some years ago I recall working in an environment where I could position my cursor anywhere within a DSN or DSN(mbr) (from an ISPF edit or view session) and then depress PFnn to st

Re: Help with USS Process/Cmd

Hi Lizette, COPYTREE https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=scd-copytree-make-copy-file-hierarchy-while-preserving-all-file-attributes Regards, David On 2021-07-28 14:10, Lizette Koehler wrote: Dearest List - I am not well trained in USS, partially because I do not need to do it oft

Re: MQ V92 BACKMIG

Hi, It might be helpful to include the output from the Job's/STC's JESMSGLG (DSID 2). Regards, David On 2021-07-28 19:20, Steely.Mark wrote: I am trying to test the BACKMIG of MQ V9.2. The directions says to use the START QMGR command. For some reason I can't get this to work. To tired. This

Re: Log of CICS transactions

Hi Michael, REVIEW, REVSMF (CBT File 134/135) Regards, David On 2021-08-04 10:46, Michael Oujesky wrote: As I recall, there was an ISPF tool (Review?) that would format the headers and a portion of the remainder of SMF records in VBS files. At 03:03 PM 8/2/2021, you wrote: Content-Transfer-E

Re: Communication between two computer systems (LPARS or physical)

Hi Steff, Have the application which updates the data put out a WTO which triggers your Automation to schedule Tasks on all other LPARs (e.g. RO *ALL, S UPDATE). Regards, David On 2021-08-10 08:06, Steff Gladstone wrote: We have global data pointed to by a name-token that is available to all

Re: Spool entire job to a file?

Hi Billy, If you have SDSF, you XDC the Job to a Dataset. Regards, David On 2021-08-18 09:46, Billy Ashton wrote: Hi all...I have a need to run a bunch of jobs to do some changes to files, and we want to preserve the output of all these jobs for auditors. Is there a way to use an OUTPUT statem

Re: Spool entire job to a file?

Yeah, but, that won't split it into members. On 2021-08-18 09:52, Mark Jacobs wrote: Use the JES2 external writer perhaps. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.protonmail.ch%2Fpks%

Re: Programs that work right the first time.

Maybe you should have bought a lottery ticket that day? On 2021-08-21 22:32, Tom Conley wrote: On 8/21/2021 9:31 PM, Bob Bridges wrote: This part of the thread got me thinking. How often do you write a program that works right the first time, with no compile or execution errors?  I'm not talki

Re: Programs that work right the first time.

+1 On 2021-08-22 02:52, Seymour J Metz wrote: What is an application with thousands of lines of REXX code, chopped liver? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F~smetz3&data=04%7C01%7C%7C9d2a5f868ff64cb95a2f08d965396ff2%7C84d

Re: Programs that work right the first time.

Hi Bill, "... "Programming” in REXX, CLIST, and similar types of languages is hardly programming. ..." Maybe you should tell that to the US Patent Office in Washington, DC. They can then invalidate my patent retroactively. Please see: https://patents.justia.com/patent/8261255 Regards, David

Re: Programs that work right the first time.

Comparing a 40 line REXX/CLIST “program” to a 10,000 line IMS/COBOL program that scans a parts database is an absolute joke. Patent or not. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, August 22, 2021, 6:15 AM, David Spiegel wrote: Hi Bill, "... "Programming” in REXX, CLIST, and

Re: Programs that work right the first time.

+1 On 2021-08-22 15:05, Eric D Rossman wrote: Bill, no need to get defensive. I have written z/OS and Linux (multiple platform) internals and also user-facing code. Guess which one is harder? Rhetorical question. Both are really hard to do well. z/OS internals are notoriously under-commented a

Re: Programs that work right the first time.

patents, a whole bunch of listers bashed me and claimed most of IBMs patents were worthless. I’m impressed that you have patented code. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, August 22, 2021, 4:13 PM, David Spiegel wrote: Hi Bill, Are you just a troll, or, are you really that impolite/ign

Re: Programs that work right the first time.

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Re: Programs that work right the first time.

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Re: RENT binder option

Hi Andrew, You said: "... If a module is not marked RENT, you get a nice freshly loaded copy every time. ..." Is that true if a module is (from a LNKLSTd PDS and the module is) cached by VLF? Thanks and regards, David On 2021-08-30 19:23, Andrew Rowley wrote: On 30/08/2021 11:49 pm, Jim Muld

Re: 3277 graphics

Hi Mike, You ran VS1 native? ... If yes, what was your interactive system, CRJE? (I ran VM/SP with VS1 guests.) Regards, David On 2021-09-01 04:05, Mike Wawiorko wrote: My distant memory is: CADAM/CATIA running Finite Element Analysis OS/VS1 4341 3704 running EP Some comms protocol I forget Te

Re: CLIST to pass variable

Hi Bill, If it starts with a PROC statement, or contains CONTROL, WRITE/WRITENR, OPENFILE, CLOSFILE, GETFILE, PUTFILE commands it is CLIST. If it starts with /* Rexx */,  has commands not all in Upper Case or contains EXECIO, PROCEDURE,  EXPOSE it's Rexx. Regards, David On 2021-09-02 11:10, B

Re: CLIST to pass variable

Hi Mike, If it's in a //SYSEXEC concatenation, it doesn't need the Rexx comment. Regards, David On 2021-09-02 11:18, Mike Schwab wrote: /*REXX*/ On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 10:10 AM Bill Giannelli wrote: I am trying to modify old hand-me-down ISPF panel and clists. Honestly I am not sure if some

Re: LISCAT with space allocations

Hi Bill, VTOC Command Processor! (CBT File 112). It has all kinds of filters and even lets you search by partial DSNAME (not starting at the beginning.) I have a number of Batch to do stuff like this. PM me if you want examples. Regards, David On 2021-09-03 10:34, Bill Giannelli wrote: How mi

Re: RENT binder option

Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH, You said: "... That's why you have to rebuild from the object modules if a reentrant module was incorrectly linked as REUS. ...". If you have the PDS Command Processor (CBT File 182) or Startool, you can "edit" the directory entry to add/remove these and other attributes (e.

Re: RENT binder option

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Re: Can I use DSN referback using nested procs?

Hi Colin, Here is a working example: //STEP001 EXEC ASMACL //C.SYSIN  DD  * TEST CSECT END //GO  EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //STEPLIB  DD  DISP=SHR,DSN=*.STEP001.L.SYSLMOD Here is SYS1.PROCLB(ASMACL) //ASMACL   PROC //C    EXEC PGM=ASMA90 //* //SYSLIB   DD DSN=SYS1.MACLIB,DISP=SHR

Re: PL/I vs. JCL

Hi Charles, I guess that nobody bothered to tell the tech writer that the "S" in MVS, is an abbreviation for "Storage". Regards, David On 2021-10-03 09:58, Charles Mills wrote: I don't abbreviate in documentation or discussion. Hmmm. I think referring to the console command P resonates with

Re: PL/I vs. JCL

Hi Skip, You said: "... Nor 'RACF', which everyone says as rack+f. ..." Way back in 2000, when I was working at IBM full-time, I was involved with a few ACF2->RACF conversions. One customer kept driving me crazy by calling IBM's ESM "Ra-KEFF". Regards, David On 2021-10-03 12:37, Skip Robinson

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