As an offshoot of something else I'm working on, I had another strange idea. Which I have not fleshed out yet. But I'd appreciate your feedback. As most know, it is possible to create a "subsystem" which can be referenced in a DD statement via the SUBSYS= parameter. I was wondering if it would be of any use to write such a beastie which sends the records to the UNIX syslog daemon? Of course, this wouldn't be for reports, but might be useful for a DD which is for "status message" type information. Perhaps like those written to the MSGUSR DD in CICS.
Possible example: //USERLOG DD SUBSYS=(SLOG,"FACILITY=LOCAL7,SEVERITY=INFO"), // DCB=(...) I was also thinking that the SLOG would insert the job name, job number, and an ISO8601 format timestamp into the message. Am I again looking for a solution to a non-existent problem? Not that it bothers me much when I get a "wild hare". -- Wasn't there something about a PASCAL programmer knowing the value of everything and the Wirth of nothing? Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
