In your TSO REXX command, use BPXWUNIX to run the UNIX dig command. You
can set it up to trap stdout and stderr to REXX stem variables. At least
as easy as OUTTRAP.
On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 16:00 -0500, Hansen, Dave L - Eagan, MN wrote:
> Group,
>
> Has anyone had an issue with managing DNS entries and finding a DNS name
> that should not have the name it does? I keep looking for a wildcard query
> that can report on more than one DNS record at a time so I can find DNS names
> that don't conform to our standards. I looked in the V1R12 IP Sys Admin
> Commands and it says "TSO NSLOOKUP has been deprecated in favor of the z/OS
> UNIX dig command" and it also says "TSO DIG has been deprecated in favor of
> the z/OS UNIX dig command". It looks like in the future TSO won't be able to
> do a DNS query.
>
> I am writing an EXEC that uses TSO/E commands NSLOOKUP and DIG. It
> appears the OUTTRAP is not catching the output from these commands. Here is
> my EXEC:
>
> addr = 'x.x.x.x'
>
> x = OUTTRAP(DNSIN.)
> ADDRESS TSO 'DIG -x' addr '+noquestion'
> x = OUTTRAP('OFF')
>
> Do i = 1 TO DNSIN.0
> Say 'rec' i '=' DNSIN.i
> End
>
> x = OUTTRAP(DNSIN.)
> ADDRESS TSO 'NSLOOKUP' addr
> x = OUTTRAP('OFF')
>
> Do i = 1 TO DNSIN.0
> Say 'rec' i '=' DNSIN.i
> End
>
> Q). Should outtrap catch the output of TSO/E commands NSLOOKUP and DIG?
>
> Q). Should I just write a z/OS UNIX dig script and forget about deprecated
> TSO/E commands?
>
>
> Thanks, Dave
>
>
> Dave Hansen
> Eagan Software Systems Branch
> 651-406-1208
> dave.l.han...@usps.gov
>
>
>
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