On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Holst, Jeffrey A <[email protected]>
wrote:
> My manager asked me a question today about System REXX and I did not have
> an immediate answer for her.
>
> As I did some research it seemed that System REXX was not so much a change
> in or an extension to the REXX language as it was new environment in which
> REXX could run.
>
> Am I understanding this correctly? I figured the folks on this list would
> be able to tell me if I were on target or completely missing it.
>
I think that's true. It is basically the REXX you can use when run run
IKJEFT01 (batch TSO program), but with more restrictions on the TSO
environment and with a few extra commands for system interfacing (in
particular AXRCMD('os command') and AXRWTO(message) ). The main
documentation is here:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.ieaa800/systemrexx.htm
My main complaint is no ADDRESS SYSCALL. But I can use BPXWUNIX to do some
things. It's just not as efficient due to the spawning of a new UNIX
address space.
>
> Jeffrey Holst
> Systems Administator Senior
> Technology and Operations, Shared Services
> Whitehall Service Center 2
> PNC Bank
>
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John McKown
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