None: the Initiator provides a pointer to H'length',C'parm', not to a CPPL. IDCAMS does not expect a CPPL since it is not a TSO command.
Now, if you enter LISTC at the READY prompt, the Terminal Monitor Program creates a CPPL and does an ATTACH for LISTC -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 10:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: rexx and IDCAMS functions On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:07:23 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Yes, and for IDCAMS that parameter list is a pointer to a half word length >followed by a character string, which is not the Command Processor Parameter >List (CPPL) that TSO commands require. If you insist on doing ADDRESS LINKMVS >for, e.g., RENAME, then you must provide your own command buffer, UPT, PSCB >and ECT pointers, instead of letting ADDRESS TSO do it for you. > What component provides those things in the case of //STEP EXEC PGM=IDCAMS? >When the only tool in your toolbox is a pipe, everything looks like a filter. -- 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
