There are REXX function packages for VSAM.
Stream I/O is not part of UNIX®, and is available with any ANSI compliant Rexx, e.g., Regina. Alas, TSO/E REXX is not ANSI compliant and IBM only supports stream I/O in Unix shells. I'm not aware of any convenient Unix facilities for accessing files within REXX. Obligatory rant: why do they keep changing the case? DB2->Db2, REXX->Rexx, etc. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Steve Smith [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2022 9:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Some UNIX file usage questions Well, I said ESDS; a KSDS would add useless complication and overhead. Anyway, there doesn't seem to be any support for VSAM in REXX. Not sure about USS functions, but it seems much more straightforward to use USS files with USS functions. sas On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 5:05 PM Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > ... > > The KSDS method sounds promising. I'm entirely VSAM-naive. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
