Gil, Where I have questions are :
How can a LE enable application, using COBOL, C , etc. call UNIX services, perform a function a UNIX function And retrieving output back to COBOL..hence I would have to , have COBOL call C issue 'popen' build pipe, send commands Etc.., is this correct ? Scott On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 5:58 PM Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:14:27 -0500, John McKown wrote: > > >On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 11:37 AM, scott Ford wrote: > > > >> I was reading through IBM Unix services manuals and have a pipe > question.. > >> If I as a STC ..issue a Unix command after a PIPE was established and > >> retrieve output of the > >> command, ... > > > >You can set the descriptor to be non-blocking using the BPX1FCT call. > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.bpxb100/fct.htm > > ... > I wondered briefly, naively.whether popen() might be the simplest > approach to this problem. Then I came to my senses and remembered, > it's FILE * popen( ... ); and COBOL is probably not FILE*-savvy. > (Or is it?) It's a pity there isn't a more basic popen() returning a > descriptor rather than a FILE*. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
