I _hate_ BPXBATCH. I can't use DD * for its input. Sucks branch water. What I wish I could do would be:
//RUNUNIX EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,PARM='SH /bin/sh -L' //STDOUT DD SYSOUT=* //STDERR DD SYSOUT=* //STDIN DD * cmd1 cmd2 cmd3 parm1 |\ cmd4 #reading stdout of cmd3 above /* // No can do. But I can do this with OSHELL. If I just need a single long command, then using //STDPARM DD * does work. But I rarely need something that simple. Which is why I use Co:Z Batch On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < [email protected]> wrote: > In > <caajsdjibrlzzptbo+1evl8uidygxt4mgnunbo954o2rpuxj...@mail.gmail.com>, > on 08/20/2013 > at 09:10 AM, John McKown <[email protected]> said: > > >And I often use OSHELL examples here simply because many shops > >are restricted from installing unapproved software. > > BPXBATCH. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > Atid/2 <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- As of next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
