Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-27 Thread Bond, Richard
@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Todd Burch Thanks to everyone. I implemented Raymond's suggestion for // COMMAND 'blah' last night, and it works great

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-23 Thread John McKown
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:09:58 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple shops I've been in have disabled issuing commands through JCL, but already had a program that issued commands. In both cases the program did security validation before issuing the commands. I would think that

Re: EXEC PGM???? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-23 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/20/2008 at 07:09 PM, Todd Burch [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: What utility program (or proc) is available that will allow me to enter operator commands via a batch job? That depends on the software that you're running and on how it's configured. There are several

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-22 Thread Rafa Pereira
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:26:08 -0500, John McKown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:10:55 -0500, Todd Burch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, what processes the /*$VS piece of that? Todd $VS is a JES2 command which basically tells JES2 to issue an MVS command. Although it is issued by

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-22 Thread Kenneth J. Kripke
If your site has restrictions on entering Commands via inline jcl or Console is not authorized for REXX, the other option is to write your own MGCR or MGCRE assembler program to read and process commands. This method would require your program to be APF authorized and you would need to do a

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-22 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:08:02 -0400, Kenneth J. Kripke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If your site has restrictions on entering Commands via inline jcl or Console is not authorized for REXX, the other option is to write your own MGCR or MGCRE assembler program to read and process commands. This

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-22 Thread George Fogg
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:08:02 -0400, Kenneth J. Kripke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If your site has restrictions on entering Commands via inline jcl or Console is not authorized for REXX, the other option is to write your own MGCR or MGCRE assembler program to read and process commands. This

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Todd Burch What utility program (or proc) is available that will allow me to enter operator commands via a batch job? We use IEFBR14. -jc- --

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread Martinez, Frank J
, October 20, 2008 8:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream? What utility program (or proc) is available that will allow me to enter operator commands via a batch job? Thanks, Todd (trying to avoid writing one

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:00:53 -0400, Martinez, Frank J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I could send you the code for an old utility program that issues an operator command (no idea who wrote it, but it works like a charm.) I am sure there is something on the CBT tape. Search http://cbttape.org for

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread J R
will need a program. Check the CBT tape. Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:09:47 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream? To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU What utility program (or proc) is available that will allow me to enter operator commands via

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread John McKown
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:58:36 -0400, J R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It depends if you want the commands synchronized with a particular step, or not. If you don't require step synchronization, you can simply include the commands in the JCL, either directly or as operands of the COMMAND

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread Todd Burch
=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream? It depends if you want the commands synchronized with a particular step, or not. If you don't require step synchronization, you can simply include the commands in the JCL, either directly or as operands of the COMMAND statement. However, if you

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread Todd Burch
John, what processes the /*$VS piece of that? Todd -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:08 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread John McKown
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:10:55 -0500, Todd Burch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, what processes the /*$VS piece of that? Todd $VS is a JES2 command which basically tells JES2 to issue an MVS command. Although it is issued by the JES2 address space, the command is processed as if it were issued by

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Todd Burch Thanks to everyone. I implemented Raymond's suggestion for // COMMAND 'blah' last night, and it works great. The unsynchronized behavior is fine for the immediate need at hand. I needed to refresh

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread Hal Merritt
] On Behalf Of Todd Burch Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 7:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream? What utility program (or proc) is available that will allow me to enter operator commands via a batch job? Thanks, Todd (trying

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread Jon Brock
We use a program from the CBT tape for this very thing. Todd's original need has been satisfied for the moment, as he didn't need to synchronize commands within a job stream. Even so, I prefer to use the program, as differing security parameters at our installation mean the IEFBR14 method

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread Lindy Mayfield
File19, a program called COMMAND. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan MOEYERSONS Sent: 21. lokakuuta 2008 15:42 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream? On Tue, 21 Oct

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-21 Thread Roger Bolan
On my JES2 system, nothing special is needed. To issue commands that do not have to coordinate with job steps, you can just stick them at the top of any job. For example, when running a testcase that requires me to use a special writer proc and destination for a certain printer, I can just

EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-20 Thread Todd Burch
What utility program (or proc) is available that will allow me to enter operator commands via a batch job? Thanks, Todd (trying to avoid writing one.) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream?

2008-10-20 Thread Raymond Noal
Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Burch Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 5:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: EXEC PGM=??? to issue operator commands from the JCL stream? What utility program (or proc) is available that will allow me to enter operator commands via a batch