On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 17:55:54 -0500, Phil Smith III wrote: > >Re #1, if an existing application is being happily called from a shell >script, and the user really doesn't want to modify that, I guess they could >add an *outer* Rexx program that did the BPXWDYN and then called the >original shell script.though now it's starting to feel a bit matryoshka-ish! > It's the UNIX way: lotsa little things that connect, or perhaps nest, nicely.
Can we take this out of the hypothetical arena? May I infer that today the "application" is being happily called from JCL or TSO, and a user who wishes to enable the option adds a DD statement to JCL or an ALLOCATE to TSO? Is the application in LINKLIST? STEPLIB? Elsewhere (specify) LINKLIST is the only easy case. It's always pretty hard to change STEPLIB. I might be able to suggest a way; another doll I haven't played with. But not if it's a STEPLIB involving uncatalogued data sets. And you want to make this application available under UNIX with as little cognitive dissonance to the user as possible? With more detail, I might be able to suggest a more specific solution. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
