On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:46:43 -0500, John McKown wrote:

>Oh, agreed! But I'm pragmatic. If IBM is going to eliminate the TSO
>version, it is at least good to know that there is a work around. Like
>many of my wishes for a native UNIX version of TSO commands. To which
>many TSO oriented people say: "Just use the TSO version and don't worry
>about it.". So I'll reverse it on "dig". Just use the UNIX version and
>don't worry about it. <grin>
>
>On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 10:46 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
>>
>> >Just asking: Could a TSO user use OSHELL to run those UNIX commands?
>> >Would such use require that the user have an OMVS segment?
>>
>> Yes to both. But it would be cleaner to have the native TSO commands
>> we have today.
>> 
Would a front end to the UNIX command, perhaps in Rexx, be feasible?
I fear not because the terminal I/O models of TSO and UNIX are
so incompatible.

-- gil

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