On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Farley, Peter x23353 < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Rick, > > I may not get to try your XMITMSG tool for a while due to other > commitments, but the VM facility I miss the most is the SMSG / WAKEUP SMSG > facility that permits "server" VM's to run and respond to remote requests > from "users". In a prior lifetime my coworkers and I used that facility to > implement a nicely featured SCLM for an ISV. > > I realize that a git server is the modern incarnation of that concept and > git is certainly a much more sophisticated SCLM tool, but it would be > interesting anyway to have something resembling SMSG / WAKEUP SMSG > available in z/OS. > I would guess that most software which does that would use the QEDIT macro ( https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieaa300/qedit.htm) and the associated MODIFY operator command. Of course, this is not really a "general purpose" interface for program to program (IPC) communication. That's a good job for TCPIP or, in some ways even better, UNIX message queues (IPC within a single OS). > > XMITMSG would be very helpful in a "disconnected server" setup for sure. > > Peter > -- I have a theory that it's impossible to prove anything, but I can't prove it. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
