t 2021 10:02:46 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi Charles,
I guess that nobody bothered to tell the tech writer that the "S" in
MVS, is an abbreviation for "Storage".
Decades ago, I learned "Segments", and I've thought that ever since.
I may never have uttered it
Maybe they should've left it as "Open MVS"? (OS/390)
On 2021-10-05 13:08, Tom Brennan wrote:
I always thought IBM's position on that was pretty silly. If you make
up a new three word name, expect it to quickly be turned into an
acronym. If they didn't want us to reuse an existing little-known
Hi Bob,
I learned JCL in the mid '70s (45 years ago).
Placing DISP first makes the JCL line up a lot more than placing DSN first.
Besides not needing DCB, DSORG is usually useless as well.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-06 09:57, Bob Bridges wrote:
Just a side comment, you may be in the minority put
Hi Gil,
That's why I said "usually".
Another is a Model DSCB (usually required for GDG Bases).
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-06 11:19, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Wed, 6 Oct 2021 10:33:14 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
...
Besides not needing DCB, DSORG is usually useless as well.
Hi R'Shmuel; AMV"SH,
"... What about the Christmas Card Worm? ..."
That was AFAIK on a VM system, not, an MVS system.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-08 10:35, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Historically, there have been many poorly run shops. Prior to MVS, older
systems were wide open and even systems with
Hi Bob,
From what I recall, the bad guys had "READ" to the RACF Database. (It
helps to have incompetent SecAdmin staff and auditors.)
They downloaded it and then dictionary-attacked it easily, because there
was no password limitation and there was no trivial-password-exclusion list.
Also, NVAS h
pidely
entered vnet which was shutdown (to remove all copies afaik), earn bitnet was saved by
Eric Thomas by filtering in rscs. You had to execute it, a global social attack/joke, not
like the other real worm in sendmail
--- On 08/10/2021 16:43, David Spiegel wrote:
"... What about the Ch
Hi,
I am trying to PAX and TRS a zFS.
When I run a Step to PAX followed by a Step to TRS, I get:
pax: //'MY.PAX': EDC5061I An error occurred when attempting to define a
file to the system.
(I tried TAR and got the same result.)
When I run the PAX in one job and the TRS in another job, it works.
TRS.) ..."I want a robust backup Dataset which can survive
downloads/uploads to non-z/OS platforms.
The Dataset and File Names have been masked; /src/ is not MOUNTd at Root
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-11 14:40, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:03:11 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
I
Yes, dynamically allocated
On 2021-10-11 15:10, Carmen Vitullo wrote:
is the DD for MY.PAX dynamically allocated ?
I've never wrote to a MVS datasets using pax
Carmen
On 10/11/2021 1:03 PM, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to PAX and TRS a zFS.
When I run a Step to PAX followed
Hi Gil,
Every time I've used Windows as a "waystation", I've never had a problem
with TRS Files.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-11 15:10, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:51:23 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
"... "An error occurred" is woefully in
Large Systems Infrastructure Support
Another one: Mainframe Administrator (I really dislike this one in
particular.)
On 2021-10-11 16:28, Herring, Bobby wrote:
I asked this question back in 2004. My boss wants to know if there are any new
titles to add to the list below.
Mainframe Engineer
O
Hi Cameron,
How about Big K'nacker? (Sounds something like Conacher)
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-12 09:42, Cameron Conacher wrote:
I tried o get "King" once, but that did not get very far.
Thanks,
…….Cameron
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Brian
Hi Bob,
Not allowing people to run z/OS on Intel may be a larger mistake.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-12 10:36, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) wrote:
The biggest mistake "HAL" made was dissolving PSRs and SEs. They often provided
the marketing folks with potential sales leads way before the manglers
t a
"Contact us" without a price.
On Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 09:46 David Spiegel wrote:
Hi Bob,
Not allowing people to run z/OS on Intel may be a larger mistake.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-12 10:36, Richards, Robert B. (CTR) wrote:
The biggest mistake "HAL" made was dissolving PS
Hi Gil,
How does changing the allocation for SYSUT1 from JCL to DYNALLOC change
anything ... they're both non-Exclusive ENQs?
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-13 08:58, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:03:11 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
I am trying to PAX and TRS a zFS.
When I
SLEEP (or equivalent) in the TSO input could prevent this.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-13 10:07, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:36:51 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
How does changing the allocation for SYSUT1 from JCL to DYNALLOC change
anything ... they're both non-Exclusive ENQs?
DATACLAS=DCZFSEXT,
// STORCLAS=SCZFSEXT,
// SPACE=(CYL,(1000,500),RLSE),
// RECFM=FB,LRECL=1024,BLKSIZE=27648
// DSN=&DS..PAX.TRS
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-13 10:48, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:24:06 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
I a
Hi Charles,
The link did not work for me.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-18 20:21, Charles Mills wrote:
Is this useful?
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Hi,
I am writing a Rexx Exec which is invoked from a CLIST.
I would like the Rexx Exec to be able to obtain the value (set by the
calling CLIST) of CONTROL MSG/NOMSG .
Can someone suggest a method to do this (without resorting to Assembler)?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
David
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Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 9:03 PM David Spiegel
wrote:
Hi,
I am writing a Rexx Exec which is invoked from a CLIST.
I would like the Rexx Exec to be able to obtain the value (set by the
calling CLIST) of CONTROL MSG/NOMSG .
Can someone suggest a method to do this (without resorting to Assembler)?
2021-10-20 06:25, Rupert Reynolds wrote:
Reading that page, MSG seems to revert to default if you use EXEC to start
a new script.
Pass it in as a parameter from CLIST and set it again?
Roops
On Wed., Oct. 20, 2021, 03:45 David Spiegel,
wrote:
Hi Steve.
I read that too, but, it does not seem
I would've said Shmegoogle (a takeoff on Shmegheggi)
On 2021-10-21 12:34, Ed Jaffe wrote:
On 10/21/2021 9:16 AM, allan winston wrote:
When I Google "TSO PIPE", I found that it is a command within Netview.
BatchPipes is a completely different program product.
Google Schmoogle...
The message i
"... With Java and shared classes, it keeps a copy of the compiled
classes in a data space. "
Hmm ... Sounds (functionally) like LLA/VLF.
On 2021-10-22 05:21, Colin Paice wrote:
With Java and shared classes, it keeps a copy of the compiled classes in a
data space. You can now "save" the latest
Hi Joe,
You are forgetting that '=H' creates a storage area of a half-byte,
which is addressed by the RX Instruction.
Here is what happens:
Active Usings: None
Loc Object Code Addr1 Addr2 Stmt Source
Statement HLASM R6.0 2021/10/23 20.37
00
Hi,
I used to be able to FTP my Order from IBMLink to my z/OS system.
This no longer works and I am getting EZA2897I.
My //SYSFTPD has a valid KEYRING.
Which other statements do I need to make this work?
(I remember seeing a note that as of April, 2021 there would be changes
to FTP security in
Hi,
Problem solved ...
The FTP Step must include:
//CEEOPTS DD *
ENVAR(GSK_PROTOCOL_TLSV1_2=ON)
Please see:
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/208752/ftp-to-supportftpbroadcomcom-receives-s.html
Regards,
David
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Hi Joe,
If all else fails, maybe you should make a PDF document out of your
MS-Word document and send it as an attachment?
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-31 16:15, Joseph Reichman wrote:
Before I send it looks okay I have outlook I went to file -> options -> mail
it has options for compose However
Hi Bill,
You said: "... Now to drag the aging IBMers. ..."
the blurb said: "... step inside the Drag Queens´ Palace ..."
Did you choose "drag" because IBM used it, or, is this strictly coincidence?
Regards,
David
On 2021-11-09 13:38, Bill Johnson wrote:
Looks relevant to me. IBM getting into t
Hi Colin,
Add a TSO Step in which a CLIST/Rexx does a "LU Userid", trap the output
and if your program "sees" ICH30001I UNABLE TO LOCATE USER ENTRY, avoid
the DELUSER.
Regards,
David
On 2021-11-10 07:29, Colin Paice wrote:
I'm looking at ways of doing customisation, and want an easy way to
r
Hi,
I have been given a Load Module and source code.
The Source Code, however, does not 100% match the Disassembled Load Module.
This module has been running in production since 1994.
With that preface ...
I tried reassembling the disassembled module source and have a problem.
One instruction say
p;reserved=0
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You said: "... Did the world not exist before 1960s?
Did people automatically die before 1960s because they didn't have MF? ..."
Yes, the world existed before the 1960s and, no, nobody died as a result
of no mainframe.
You're forgetting that the world was a different place then.
Computer-based
Hi KB,
You goofed again. Your head must be in the clouds (pun intended).
You said: "... cut out all the baggage of backward compatibility ..."
Backward compatibility is a big part of customer loyalty. Customers
expect that their applications will run when processors are upgraded.
For example, I
Hi Eileen,
I read the article and there seems to be more than one elementary mistake:
"... IBM’s modern mainframe series started with the 360 up to its
current z/OS series ..." 360 is software is hardware, z/OS is software
"... Mainframes today do not actually run-on discretionary access
control
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You said: "... in my 40 yeats ..."
What is a "yeat"?
On 2021-12-23 12:09, Bill Johnson wrote:
You “experts” are all alike. I’ve worked with hundreds of people with way more
zOS talent than on this list. And I’ve never been unemployed in my 40 yeats.
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On Thursd
As an aside, In Quebec French, The "ne" is dropped.
On 2022-01-04 20:17, Seymour J Metz wrote:
I don't know of any language where two negatives make a negative. I know of languages that have distributed
negatives, e.g., "Je ne parle pas Français." in French. AFAIK it would be incorrect to omit
Hi Peter,
With z/OS up, please try these 2 console commands:
K E,D (in case there a re messages on the bottom of the screen)
K A,NONE
Try a command which displays a large message, e.g. D A,L
Regards,
David
On 2022-01-09 01:19, Peter wrote:
Hello
I am referring the MVS tuning and reference to
Hi John,
I am curious ...
How does your shop APPLY maintenance without an IPL?
(I know that the LNKLST can be rebuilt dynamically, but, that (according
to documentation I've read) is not 100% foolproof.)
Regards,
David
On 2022-01-10 10:22, John Blythe Reid wrote:
Rob,
ADABAS does support REU
Hi List,
I have been given the task of cleaning up unused software.
Part of that is identifying which CLISTs/Execs are not being used.
Can someone please suggest a way to do this?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
David
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Hi List,
Is it possible for an Exec/CLIST to determine from which Exec/CLIST it
was invoked?
If yes, please specify how.
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
David
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Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 16:31, David Spiegel wrote:
Is it possible for an Exec/CLIST to determine from which Exec/CLIST it
was invoked?
If yes, please specify how.
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AFAIK, UID(0) (via CNMEUNIX) has nothing to do with reading
(downloading) the unprotected RACF Database.
There is another factor ... the uneducated/inexperienced administrators
did not protect a multi-session product (IIRC, it was TPX).
As well, the hackers found a bug in NVAS ... changing a non-
Hi KB,
It's a contraction for "Hash Bang", i.e. a number sign/pound sign/Hash
(Upper Shift 3 on a US Keyboard) followed by an exclamation mark (Upper
Shift 1 on a US Keyboard).
The Shebang is used at the start of a script to tell the *ix shell which
scripting language to invoke. It is similar
Hi Radek,
Was it CICS-related?
Regards,
David
On 2022-02-03 15:34, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote:
W dniu 03.02.2022 o 21:25, Tony Harminc pisze:
On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 at 12:59, Radoslaw Skorupka
wrote:
BTW: current z/OS 2.4 still supports UNIT=SEP construct in JCL. Yes, it
is ignored, but still syn
Hi Matt.
You said: "... contains configuration information about the system being
started. ..."
The PARMLIB concatenation and IODF do not have to be on the SYSRES.
Your statement is therefore incorrect.
Regards,
David
On 2022-02-14 20:12, Matt Hogstrom wrote:
It depends on the background of t
Hi John,
Good thing you're not RUSTy.
Regards,
David
On 2022-02-15 21:47, John McKown wrote:
On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 8:34 PM Seymour J Metz wrote:
While it's certainly not impossible, it's certainly very difficult to
retrain a
HLASM programmer to Java, Python, Javascript etc. It's not beca
Hi W M,
I'm interested.
da...@ddstar.com
Thanks and regards,
David
On 2022-02-16 20:38, W Mainframe wrote:
Hey,Provide me your email and I will send a routine to list rexx variables. In
my routine you will be able to search variables current rexx pool showing the
result in sysout or you can
Take a cue from Charles Manson ... Zezozose Zadfrack
On 2022-03-01 20:01, PINION, RICHARD W. wrote:
No wait, Zoltar, from a MST3000 episode.
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Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH,
Gut Voch
How about via TCP/IP from CMS?
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-06 09:58, Seymour J Metz wrote:
There are two obvious way to submit an MVS job from CMS:
1. Spool it ti RSCS and let it go in via NJE
2. Spool it to a virtual reader on MVS
I'm curious as to how many s
Hi Allan,
I looked at Fix Central (as you suggested) and searched on Tivoli
OMEGAMON XE for Messaging for z/OS V7.5.0.
It does not contain z/OS APARs/PTFs. It does, however, contain
Windows/*IX service.
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-07 09:14, Allan Staller wrote:
Classification: Confidential
No
Hi Steff,
IBM introduced SYS1.MODGEN many years ago (1990s).
In case a PTF is APPLYd, but not ACCEPTd, you're not going to see it in
SYS1.AMODGEN.
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-08 07:37, Steff Gladstone wrote:
Where can I find the DSECT for the RTM2WA control block? I did not find it
in either S
Screen Scrape the Job Log /SYSLOG via SDSF API.
On 2022-03-08 10:03, Steff Gladstone wrote:
In one of our REXX procedures we execute IEBCOPY to copy a member from one
PDS to another. Sometimes IEBCOPY fails (e.g., for lack of space either in
the directory or the library). It intercepts the aben
Hi Allan,
Why can't the user FTP the Batch Activate Job to all 28 LPARs?
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-17 11:03, Allan Staller wrote:
Classification: Confidential
I believe you are out of luck. Since these are all single-image systems, each
needs the IODF activated individually.
There is an optio
Hi Carmen,
At different jobs in the '80s:
1) "Decision Support" with the ADRS add-on (at a computer hardware company)
2) crunching Nielsen marketing data (at a large multi-national food company)
3) actuarial stuff (insurance)
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-25 14:47, Carmen Vitullo wrote:
I don't want
Hi Robin,
While you're busy correcting ...
IBM uses American spelling ... *Optimizing (not the
British/Continental/etc. Optimising).
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-27 11:25, Robin Vowels wrote:
Oops, a typo. The PL/I Optimising and checkout compilers were
available from 1970.
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Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH,
Like ALGOL and Pascal?
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-27 22:52, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Personally, I wish that IBM had chosen ":=" for assignment.
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Hi Robin,
You said: "... These new features were introduced in PL/I: ..."
Pseudo-variables (i.e. SUBSTR, UNSPEC), Source Margins (not exactly the
language itself).
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-28 06:26, Robin Vowels wrote:
On 2022-03-28 20:43, Seymour J Metz wrote:
I'm fully aware of the initia
Hi Robin
You said: "... BTW, the change in format of the DO was essential
in preventing the flaw in FORTRAN (which still exists)
by which a period instead of the first comma
changes the DO statement into an assignment statement. ..."
Have you ever read the Datamation article regarding the comma
it? (I looked with google,
without success).
Thanks,
Robin
On 2022-03-30 00:22, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi Robin
You said: "... BTW, the change in format of the DO was essential
in preventing the flaw in FORTRAN (which still exists)
by which a period instead of the first comma
changes t
avid
On 2022-03-29 10:37, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:22:10 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
You said: "... BTW, the change in format of the DO was essential
in preventing the flaw in FORTRAN (which still exists)
by which a period instead of the first comma
changes the DO st
Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH,
"... laid up ..."? In case this involves something health-related,
R'fuoh Sh'leimoh.
If you want a MeShebeirach, please give me your full Jewish name and you
mother's full Jewish name.
Hatzlochoh!
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-30 10:09, Sam Golob wrote:
Dear Folks,
I hav
Hi Charles,
Samuel is a "translation" of Sh'muel (based upon the Septuagint's Bible
translation (Hebrew->Greek->English).
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-30 11:32, Charles Mills wrote:
Different Samuel/Shmuel!
Charles
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Hi Charles,
Samuel is a "translation" o
Hi Jay,
If you code LNKAUTH=APFTAB in IEASYSxx, then you're correct.
If you code LNKAUTH=LNKLST, then your assertion is incorrect.
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-30 15:01, Jay Maynard wrote:
Libraries accessed through STEPLIB/JOBLIB aren't APF-authorized simply by
virtue of being listed on the link
Hi Mike,
There is no asterisk to the left of PARM.
Regards,
David
On 2022-04-12 02:27, Mike Shorkend wrote:
You can code your EXEC statement like this to check which datasets ADRDSSU
will process (without actually doing it):
//COPYMOVE EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU,REGION=7M,TIME=99,*PARM='TYPRUN=NORUN'*
Hmm ... Sounds like IOF's ARChive command.
On 2022-05-02 08:07, Lionel B. Dyck wrote:
Kirk - I know of no way to add a descriptor record separating each DD when
extracting multiple DD's using SDSF to a single target dataset.
That does look to be a useful feature - you should submit an RFE for i
Hi Phil,
1) Use the SET DISPLAY ON command to see your settings
2) OWNER PHS
3) PREFIX ** (2 asterisks are necessary; it's been a quirk in the
product since GA back in '87.)
4) INPUT ON
Regards,
David
On 2022-05-03 11:46, Phil Smith III wrote:
Lionel and I have been communicating about his ve
*flotsam
On 2022-05-05 19:45, Kirk Wolf wrote:
Oh my, LOL.
About half of ibm-main posts are attempts at humor (many unintentional), and
the other half are just pedantic flotsum but that actually landed somewhere
else.
On Thu, May 5, 2022, at 5:25 PM, Phil Smith III wrote:
Alan Altmark wrote
HI David,
I do not understand this at all.
How does any program differ from IEFBR14 (with respect to
allocation/freeing unused disk space by DD Statement)?
Maybe your shop has an Exit or add-on product which does Storage Management?
David
On 2022-05-11 01:53, wrote:
5. Consider changi
.
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HI David,
I do not understand this at all.
How does any program differ from IEFBR14
the file later.
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From: David Spiegel
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I do not understand this at all.
How does any program differ from IEFBR14 (with respect to allocation/freeing
unused disk space by DD Statement)?
Maybe your shop has an Exit or add-on product
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Hi Paul,
Allocation does allocation and nothing but allocation.
It does not write anything at all.
Regards,
David
On 2022-05-11 12:17, Paul
of my default
DATACLAS. I know the EOF is there.
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Hi Dave,
I tested it. Your hypothesis
Hi Radek,
Q3. I don't know about preventing change to ISPF Statistics, but, they
can be set via the PDS Command Processor (CBT File 182).
ATTRIB member1 ID(myuser) CREATED(05/11/22) LAST(05/12/22) TIME(1015)
SECS(30)
(You can write a program to issue the ATTRIB against all of the members
in t
Hi Charles,
On my V2.5 (zPDT) system, it's still the V2.3 sample.
I would also be interested in a working AT-TLS 1.3 setup for FTP Server.
Regards,
David
On 2022-05-19 19:34, Charles Mills wrote:
I've got PAGENT working with TLS v1.2 and below for FTP Server.
I started working my way through
h
Hi Ed,
His Dataset is SMS-Managed, Your solution will not work.
Regards,
David
On 2022-05-28 23:56, Ed Jaffe wrote:
On 5/28/2022 5:27 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
Doesn't IBM supply a "Use at Your Own Risk" facility to rename a data
set
despite an ENQ on the DSN?
https://nam12.safelinks.prot
Hi Robin,
Is the module an LPA module?
Regards,
David
On 2022-06-07 09:19, Robin Atwood wrote:
I wanted to get a dump of my server when the instruction at 001234 in module
MOD1 gets executed, so I entered:
SLIP SET,IF,J=SRV1,PVTMOD=(MOD1,001234),ID=SLP1,END
I made a transaction that
HI ITschak AMV"SH,
Have you looked at the Catalog Search Interface (CSI)?
There is a Rexx sample in 'SYS1.SAMPLIB(IGGCSIRX)'.
If you care to look at Regular Expressions, please see Martin Packer's
TSO Regular Expression Testing Tool – Mainframe, Performance, Topics
(mainframeperformancetopics.co
Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH,
*obscenities
Regards,
David
On 2022-06-08 06:35, Seymour J Metz wrote:
This abuse of latin-derived plurals leads to such obsenities as "piece of data" where
"datum" would suffice and "medias".
"Why can't the English learn to speak?";was that in Pygmalian, or added for My
Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH,
I've been hearing "an Exec" (referring to VM) since 1982.
One has to keep in mind, however, that "an Exec" was also used for EXEC
and EXEC2.
Regards,
David
On 2022-06-08 06:58, Seymour J Metz wrote:
While I cringe at "a REXX" or "a software", "an EXEC" doesn't bother me. I
Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH,
I don't want to go too far off-track here (this forum has nothing to do
with Hebrew), but, the plural form (in Biblical Hebrew) denotes more
importance (i.e. חֲשִיבוּת) than the singular form and is ALWAYS set to
the masculine gender (however sexist that may sound to modern
Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH,
It's a good thing that טומטום and אנררוגינוס were not introduced into
this discussion.
That might really cloud the issues.
Regards,
David
On 2022-06-09 16:49, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Neuter singular pronouns for living beings. "They" and "them" are nominally plural in
conte
Shkoyach!
On 2022-06-21 08:55, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Lots of Yiddish idioms are in the form of a question, and if a translator misses the implied question mark,
all meaning is lost. The phrase "I could care less" is the result of applying a tin ear to a
sarcastic Yiddish idiom. The Yiddish id
HI Brian,
In Ontario, OPP=Ontario Provincial Police.
Regards,
David
On 2022-06-22 23:35, Brian Westerman wrote:
Please excuse the marketing aspect of this, but our SyzMPF/z product can notify
via email, sms text message, or TSO notify any person or persons that are
interested in any message t
Hi Brian,
I purposely avoided being explicit to let the readers draw their own
conclusions.
Regards,
David
On 2022-06-24 00:18, Brian Westerman wrote:
That's almost the same thing, right? :)
On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:56:29 -0400, David Spiegel
wrote:
HI Brian,
In Ontario, OPP=On
Hi David,
The paragraphing style was used historically by PL/I.
Rexx syntactically is a PL/I derivative,
Regards,
David
On 2022-06-29 08:32, David Crayford wrote:
On 29/06/2022 8:27 pm, Lionel B. Dyck wrote:
The formatting was a quick and dirty - I typically use the REXXFORM
edit macro to clea
Hi Bob,
When I programmed PL/I 40+ year ago, lining up the END; with the body
was de rigeur. Initially, of course, that was using cards.
When ISPF (or XEDIT) came along, lining up the END: with DO/SELECT etc.
made a lot more sense since excluded lines could be shown by column
number containing
edition p189. */
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When I programmed PL/I 40+ year ago, lining up the END; with the body was de
rigeur. Initially, of course, that was using cards.
When ISPF (or XEDIT) came
Hi Gil,
"...traumatized during gestation by a dubbing? ..."
Maybe, too many foreign movies? {:->}
Regards,
David
On 2022-06-30 13:03, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:55:08 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote:
"dubbing" basically means that a TCB gets assigned a z/OS UNIX pid.If you
run z
Hi,
You said: "... lunar calendar used in Israel ..."
The lunar calendar is used by all Jews, not just Jews in Israel. That is
why Passover, Chanukah, Rosh HaShanah etc. don't always start on the
same solar date.
Regards,
David
On 2022-06-30 19:35, Retired Mainframer wrote:
-Original Mes
+1
On 2022-07-08 10:51, Dave Jones wrote:
Timothy Sipples said:
"Which leads to an interesting thought exercise. In 2022 if you're trying to choose
a programming language for business application programming that stands the best chance
of being durable (being realistically maintainable, exten
Hi Gil,
You said: "..as XEDIT and "sed" do ..."
IIRC, TSO Edit should be included in this list.
Regards,
David
On 2022-07-10 11:31, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 13:11:17 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
...
if someone were able to do an RFE with a compelling business case to allow
Hi Binyamin AMV"SH,
Place a x'15' between commands
Regards,
David
On 2022-07-14 09:16, Binyamin Dissen wrote:
I have not been successfully making an exec re-IPL CM'S after redefining
storage.
If I directly issue
#cp def stor 32m#cp ipl cms parm autocr
it changes the storage size and re-
Hi Jack,
The VTOC Command Processor (CBT File 112).
If you install it, I can supply JCL to do this.
Regards,
David
On 2022-07-22 10:00, Jack Zukt wrote:
Hi all,
As a byproduct of what I am working now, I have found out a few
uncatalogued datasets. Now I would like to find out all the uncatalog
Hi Mike,
So will The VTOC Command Processor (CBT File 112) and it's free.
Not only that, but VTOC an also show incorrectly Cataloged Datasets
(with the same Job).
Regards,
David
On 2022-07-22 11:10, Mike Shaw wrote:
Jack,
MVS/QuickRef will give you a list of the uncataloged data sets across
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