https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ikja300/cmdhost.htm Allows z/OS REXX to call various environments and execute their commands.
On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 2:03 PM Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oops. I meant ' TSO/CLIST capabilities'. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Jesse 1 Robinson > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 11:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):Re: Has anyone integrated Rexx with IKJPARS? > > *** EXTERNAL EMAIL - Use caution when opening links or attachments *** > > CLIST has pretty much the same parsing capabilities as TSO. I think that's > natural as both types of command processors were developed on the same > platform. REXX OTOH was imported to MVS from elsewhere--VM? I miss those > TSO/REXX capabilities. > > I once encountered a 'REXX preamble' that provided those parsing > capabilities. Really complex code. I haven't seen it for years. Not sure I > would line up today to adapt it for modern use. VM denizens don't even > understand this conversation. > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Charles Mills > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 11:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):Has anyone integrated Rexx with IKJPARS? > > *** EXTERNAL EMAIL - Use caution when opening links or attachments *** > > It would appear to be a lot of work, but it would seem that "TSO format > command parsing" and Rexx would be a natural marriage. > > I have never used IKJPARS, so I don't claim to be an expert, and others might > disagree. > > The issue I am struggling with is that for all of Rexx's parsing power, which > is of course legendary, it does not seem well-suited to classic "MVS" > (for want of a better term) quoted strings. I am considering an EXEC that > would accept parameters of > > 'a quoted string', 'another quoted string', simpletoken1, simpletoken2, ... > > I don't see a good way to parse -- without resorting to a > character-by-character loop -- input such as > > 'now isn''t the time', 'nor, is this', MYTOKEN, YOURTOKEN > > Am I missing something? > > It would be great if one could define the expected parameters and their > format to Rexx in some systematic way, parse the user's input, and get back > either parameter values in stem variables, or an error message to present to > the user. > > Any suggestions? > > Charles > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
