You are correct. The cp manpage only says that it supports //dataset format, but not specifically DDs. Sorry; I jumped to a conclusion when I read it.
While I agree with your comments regarding the limitations of BPXBATSL, but in this case it does work and solves the OP requirements as I understand them. The enhancements to BPXBATCH/SL came in 1.7, but I believe that there are PTFs for previous releases. See: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1OA11699 On 9/6/07, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 09:47:25 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: > > > >- //DD(MEMBER) is supported according to the cp man page. > > > At which release? at 1.8, I see only: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:128$ uname -a > OS/390 18.00 03 2094 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:129$ man cp | grep -i dd > UNIX, the end-of-line delimiter will be added (Code page IBM-1047 > in addition, it preserves file mode, owner, and group owner, if > notes" in topic SHCMDDES.CP.5 for details on how to treat text > data. > topic SHCMDDES.CP.3.2. > behavior for cp" in topic SHCMDDES.CP.3.2. > tagging behavior for cp" in topic SHCMDDES.CP.3.2. > | Member/PartitionedDat| | | > | > size, the record is padded with blanks. > one record. The last record is padded with blanks. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:130$ > > No mention of DDNAMEs. If I missed something, what should I have looked for? > > >- UID 0 requirements for BPXBATCL "SH" option don't apply to "PGM" > > > Of course I remember an unpleasant experience with PARM='SH ...'. > But "PGM" fails to provide basic constructs such as looping, redirection, > and pipes. > > I wonder why the restriction? Is it because "SH" tries to run a login > shell, and something in /etc/profile requires spawning an authorized process? > What if I try: > > EXEC PGM=BPXBATSL,PARM='PGM /bin/sh -c "date | wc"' > > ??? I suspect that lexical limitations in BPXBATSL's parsing of its PARM > would quickly trip me up. > > -- 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
