I'm not sure how much the unix style syslogs are really used on z/OS. A more "native" solution would be to use the System Logger.
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v2r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieaa200%2Fx2wri.htm In article <caajsdjj4_mcog-xbaphvc0qej5cgp8s-cwvo6+rzav3zr2b...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > 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 -- Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive [email protected] (919) 531-5637 Cary, NC 27513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
