On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just did a simple-minded Google search with > > ibm system rexx sample > > and got a lot of hits. Also SYS1.SAMPLIB contains some uncompiled samples > like HWIXMRS1 . > Ack. I kept looking in the SYS1.SAXREXEC data set. > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-302-7535 Office > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 10:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):Re: Example System REXX programs? > > The execs doesnt have to be compiled. You can sa e them as source code. > You an use the racf pw exit as a sample to start with. > > ITschak > בתאריך 5 באוק 2016 22:39, "John McKown" <[email protected]> > כתב: > > I'm just now looking at System REXX. Basically to see what it might be > able to do which we now do with CA-OPS/MVS. The System REXX programs > distributed by IBM are compiled. I don't see any "source" forms for them. > The documentation seems a bit "disjointed" to me. I am basically guessing > that the REXX is identical to the REXX documented in the TSO books. I did > find out about the TSO=YES and TSO=NO parameters, but don't know where that > is specified. And I am assuming that, since the manuals don't mention it, > that ADDRESS SYSCALL and use of UNIX facilities is not supported. > > IOW, it appears to me that System REXX really can't be used as an > automation tool. The closest that I can think of to do so is to write an > MPF exit which invokes a System REXX program, passing the program the > message, thus allowing the REXX program to analyze it and "do something". > > -- > Heisenberg may have been here. > > Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Heisenberg may have been here. Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
