I plead guilty. I did not have the docs in front of me. I do not have memorized what is TSO-only and what is not. He implied there was no function available so I pitched in to help.
Feel free to ignore my advice. <g> Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 12:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to Get UserID in non-TSO REXX On Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:11:06 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: >Is there any way to obtain the userid (user name) in REXX running in a >non-TSO environment? I know that sysvar does not work in USS, IRXJCL, or >System REXX TSO=NO. Whereas mvsvar does (go figure). It's so fundamental >that I think I can't be the first one to need this. > Errr... <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=functions-userid> (GIYF) Why do so many mainframe programmers try to do things the hardest way, such as chaining through control blocks? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
