On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 1:25 PM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
> My guess would be CS, but ICBW. > You're right. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.halz002/ip_vmcf_tnf_config.htm > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > of Farley, Peter x23353 <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 2:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CMS style XMITMSG for Unix and other platforms > > Interesting question. I do see a VMCF STC on our V2.1 system. Where > would one look to find docs on how to use it? Comm Server docs? > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 12:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CMS style XMITMSG for Unix and other platforms > > Back in the Paleolithic era IBM ported VMPC to MVS for use by TCP/IP. The > Pascal stack has been dead for lo these many years. Is it conceivable that > the VMCF port is still present in z/OS V2? > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > of Farley, Peter x23353 <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 11:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CMS style XMITMSG for Unix and other platforms > > 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. > > XMITMSG would be very helpful in a "disconnected server" setup for sure. > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Rick Troth > Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2017 8:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CMS style XMITMSG for Unix and other platforms > > Aaaand ... it seems to be good enough for download: 'git clone' and then > 'make tests'. Works. > > https://secure-web.cisco.com/1569EauQyiUBk0UI-kLr73Tuu_ > q0uGgwUC6o6G54m_hi6OGCs-qYYVSjKoSYKQD3QMn0V9vZwOa15GRK > HwA2fN40NR5koQvP4FdEKHWoseYx0nPtvqhpiR0L8aE3PXDqQbY5FdCi5PbaxahZj6M0Li6U_ > CYMp41DxVmn6uoGC3SPca3uHccgCC-0NtjE3c7z_Lf2H-zkTXTnQSupTuHh- > qigFpGQjwNzZ1sjyeAZh0iqsDvwqv_YVQ14wI_GWMf_pC6c9nQkldJQ9vFcEzcHKvVxDH0nvB > 1ZiS8MWVUv-19t9u2TA1vZXHkS8PYNwQkPMIIC8p03BvI5LR2JoskT4jT3U-7WtZI- > m0AGAlBRiupDN4zUWLuTTZRAESLyQ-dLRQ5M9NDoluzk5ib5Ip8N- > HJEOj4wSaS6hjT7D4ihrgL2-YmvPw0IF5TqUOltrc3k-/https%3A% > 2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ftrothr%2Fxmitmsgx > > > You can also find it on Casita.Net: > > http://www.casita.net/pub/xmitmsgx/xmitmsgx-2.0.17.tar.gz > > > I'd like to hear back from someone trying it on USS. Should work fine with > batch or TSO too when using flat filenames. > Realy I'd like to hear back from *anyone* (using it on, e.g., AIX or Linux > or whatever). > > -- R; <>< > > > On 12/11/17 09:34, Rick Troth wrote: > > friends -- > > > > VM/CMS has a wonderful utility driven by 'XMITMSG' (the command) and > > by APPLMSG (the macro). If you're a VMer, you know about it. If you're > > a VSE or MVS person, maybe not. It's good stuff. For (at least) the > > second time, I started putting together an XMITMSG work-alike for Unix > > (POSIX, including Linux). Anyone else interested in this? If so, > > please let me know. > > > > There are language libraries and message handlers in Unix land. I have > > yet to find one that works like XMITMSG and the APPLMSG macro with > > token replacement, enumerated messages, clear codes in the handling. > > Maybe there is such, in which case my little "xmitmsgx" project might > > reduce to simple interoperability glue code. If so, great! > > > > I WAS SHOCKED several years ago to learn that there is no equivalent > > function in z/OS. It's an incredibly elegant way to handle > > localization (national languages, regional dialects). This project > > should work on MVS too; it's simple code. > > > > If you have time and inclination to try this thing (and offer feedback > > ... or code), please holler. Thanks! > -- > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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