Would be nice. But even talking to by boss about anything which costs money is a good way to get a dirty look. We're still in the budget downsize mode. Likely will be "forever".
John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas > David Rivers > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 9:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: HLASM macros in z/OS UNIX subdirectories. > > > > > Just for learning, and fun (FSVO "fun"), I'm doing some programming > > in HLASM for z/OS UNIX. In the spirit of things, I'm > keeping the source > > in UNIX subdirectories and using the "make" UNIX command, in an > > interactive UNIX shell, to control the assembly (using the "as" UNIX > > command) and linking (using the "ld" UNIX command). I've run into an > > irritation. I like to keep my UNIX file names in __lower__ case. The > > source code in my assembler invokes one of my macros. The source is > > in lower case. I get a "macro not found" error because the assembler > > UPPER CASES the macro name before looking for the macro. I guess I > > understand why HLASM does this. But is there __any__ way to > have HLASM > > r6.0 (PTF UK54260) use lower case? Or am I stuck with making my UNIX > > resident macro names UPPER CASE? I know that I have the -I to search > > my UNIX subdirectory set correctly because if I make the UNIX file > > name UPPER CASE, then it assembles cleanly. > > > > -- > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > <shameful plug> > Well - I don't know of a way in HLASM - but the Dignus assembler > in that environment has a pretty powerful search mechanism that > lets you do precisely that... > > You can cause it to use lower or upper-case letters, append > a suffix (e.g. ".mac") or just about anything you'd like. > > This works under z/OS UNIX and all the other UNIXes/Linuxes > we support. > > You can also do cool things like put your maclib members in a ZIP file > and have it look there. > </shameful plug> > > Happy Holidays everyone!!! > > - Dave Rivers - > > -- > [email protected] Work: (919) 676-0847 > Get your mainframe programming tools at http://www.dignus.com > >
