On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 10:45:39 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote:

>BPXBATCH still sucks IMO.  It only sucks a bit less than it used to suck.
>It is probably the most to blame for slow uptake of z/OS Unix.
>Thankfully, there are much better alternatives.  Some even work the way
>that you would expect to be able to run z/OS Unix programs / the shell in
>batch.
> 
AOPBATCH at least allows instream DD STDIN.  IBM is unlikely to add that
capability because that would enhance a bundled program to compete
with a separately charged program.

(I've heard a rumor that AOPBATCH is distributed with base z/OS, but
can't be used legally without a license.)

Would a SYSEXEC wrapper for BPXWUNIX be useful?  What additional
features should it have beyond those of BPXBATCH?

-- gil

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