I was trying to help by suggesting a solution that met the OP requirements, but to your points:
- //DD(MEMBER) is supported according to the cp man page. - UID 0 requirements for BPXBATCL "SH" option don't apply to "PGM" Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies On 9/5/07, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:57:30 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: > > > >// EXEC PGM=BPXBATSL, > >// PARM='PGM /bin/cp //DD:LIB(&MEM) //DD:OUT' > > > o To my knowledge, the "//DD:..." construct is not documented as > a facility of /bin/cp. It may happen to work in some cases, > but if it produces unexpected or undesired results, it won't > be supported. > > o ISTR bad APF entanglements with BPXBATSL: > > #BPXBATR.1 "z/OS V1R7.0 UNIX System Services Command Reference" > > ... Failure to meet the > following conditions will result in a failure when BPXBATSL is invoked. > ... > > * The invoker must have an UID of 0 to issue a SH request > * The child process is not setuid or setgid to a value different from > the parent > * The spawned filename is not an external link or a sticky bit file > * The parent has enough resources to allow the child process to reside > in the same address space > > One or more of these have tripped me up in the past. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
