On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:58:57 -0600, John McKown wrote: > > ...having already used >a UNIX subroutine, I guess I figured it was easier to use another UNIX >subroutine rather that setting up an FD along with an OPEN / READ loop / >CLOSE. > > ... I think that the HLASM is basically >being used as a "QSAM for RACF" type interface. > If the replies returned by RACF are of uniform length or the assembler program can pad them, BPX1RED is easiest. I'm accustomed to dealing with utility output where records are variable length, contain no control characters, and are NL-terminated. For that, I might as well ALLOC and use the real QSAM.
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