Sharing an address space also allows you to run shell scripts in batch and allow commands to access DD cards in the original address space.
Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:54 AM, McKown, John < [email protected]> wrote: > look at _BPX_SHAREAS. There are some cases where multiple UNIX processes > run in a single z/OS address space. Personally, I don't much care for it. > But it could be a performance enhancement. > > -- > 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 Discussion List > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Rowe > > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:26 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Z Toolkit for z/OS Install > > > > I would be happy to be corrected, but I thought that, by > > definition, each > > process was a separate address space. > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

