On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:43:33 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >Trying to be helpful rather than smart*ss here, if you mean "I would prefer >a JCL-/batch-based solution to a UNIX command line solution" -- and if so I > Being a smartass here, this reminds me of trying to make a C library with JCL instead of OMVS make.
>am sympathetic -- then you should be aware that you can run a UNIX utility >from JCL. Here is an example. You should be able to run UXIX tar this way in >a job if you prefer. > Here's a tested example: //* //* Symbolics to obfuscate DSNAMEs and meet JCL LRECL limit. //* Archive is in legacy data set; "pax" prefixes like TSO. //* //* pax extracts to UNIX directory hierarchy. //* OGETX could copy to PDS(E). I don't know whether //* "Data21's ZIP/390 Product" might eliminate a step. //* In either case a multilevel hierarchy makes it harder. //* //BPXARCH EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH,COND=(4,LT), // PARM='SH set -x; cd /tmp/&SYSUID; pax -rvf //&ARCH..pax.Z' //* //STDIN DD DUMMY //STDOUT DD SYSOUT=* //STDERR DD SYSOUT=* // (But isn't this really just writing the dreaded shell script in the PARM?) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
