The ECB is not in the Rexx. It is in MVS-owned storage IIRC. Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, June 20, 2022 10:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Some UNIX file usage questions On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 10:24:17 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: > ... >Then the ECB would already be posted and the WAIT ECBLIST would be satisfied >immediately. It is a consideration for all such routines, and not a big deal, >unless the coder is stupid enough to reset the ECB before the WAIT, rather >than after. > You've already been called "stupid" today, even if only by association. That's probably the quota. >... Well, the actual parameter passed by the Rexx is continuously accessible >to the Assembler. It is of course possible to access any Rexx variable from >assembler, but I see no need. If I understand your question, the answer is No. > That depends on the AFAIK undocumented behavior of Rexx storage management. What happens if Rexx compacts variable storage, thereby moving an ECB? Rexx spurns concurrency. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
