On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 17:53:40 +0900, Minoru Massaki wrote: > >A customer wants to tell auto job scheduling/auto operation system to take >another/additional action by Non-Zero return code if generated record is >non-rezo. >Why we want to use DFSORT instead of small REXX program is following; >If we want to run a program written by someone on their production systems, >several approval processes are required, even if the program is very small >and is written by REXX. >In their category, DFSORT is proved utility program and is NOT a program > So, if JCL were extended to meet the criteria for a programming language (I'm not waiting), some customers might insist that be an option they could disable in PARMLIB.
And here lies an obstacle to acceptance of UNIX: In UNIX (almost) everything, batch or foreground is controlled with Shell which is unquestionably a programming language, so "several approval processes [would be] required." -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
