On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:20:12 +0000, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >I'm having trouble imagining a scenario where an EBCDIC representation of an >address would be useful. The problem is, in a job step situation, how would >you figure out an address to pass? > >//STEP1 EXEC PGM=my-pgm,PARM=??? > >How would I figure out what address to pass? > Rexx x2c(), for example. Enter that value with ISPF Edit hex option.
Don't underestimate the determination of hackers. >If instead my-pgm is called from another program, then I would not use the JCL >parm format being discussed. In that case, I would pass the address directly >without the EBCDIC conversion game. > I believe when Walt raveled this fiber of the thread he posited assembler CALL macro or JCL PARM format (they're the same.) >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Gilmartin >Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 3:51 PM > >>Why can't the character string contain eg the eight character hex >>representation of a 4-byte address, which the program converts back to >>binary and tries to pass control to? >> >In fact, that character string could be any four octets comprising a >legitimate AMODE 31 address. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
