BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread jagadishan perumal
Hi All, One of our application programmer has created a PDS with below attributes : Data Set Name . . . : TPUN011.NEWMAPST General Data Current Allocation Management class . . : **None** Allocated blocks . : 741 Storage class . . . : TPUSC

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Ron Hawkins
Jags, Is there a chance that someone has written directly to the PDS without specifying a member name? I recall past posts have mentioned that this will corrupt a PDS. A scan of your Type 14/15 SMF records may identify the culprit. Ron Ron Hawkins Complex Test Lab - Mainframe, Technical

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-10-24 08:07, jagadishan perumal pisze: Hi All, One of our application programmer has created a PDS with below attributes : Data Set Name . . . : TPUN011.NEWMAPST General Data Current Allocation Management class . . : **None** Allocated

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
jagadishan perumal jagadish...@gmail.com wrote in message news:canhhcyrsdw_reish_oibs2_kjmpclypuzbmr8udtz_vnoyi...@mail.gmail.com ... Hi All, One of our application programmer has created a PDS with below attributes : Data Set Name . . . : TPUN011.NEWMAPST General Data

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Jags, There is no directory.  Directory space is the third parameter on the space allocation when allocating a PDS.  Either he forgot to code it, or it was 0.  Ask the programmer to delete the dataset and create it again, with directory space.  HTH, Linda - Original

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread jagadishan perumal
This is not a PDS, it has 0 directory blocks. (Maximum dir. blocks : 0) But it says Data set name type : PDS On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM kees.verno...@klm.com wrote: jagadishan perumal jagadish...@gmail.com wrote in message

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
A PDS with zero tracks cannot contain data, a PDS with zero dir. Blocks cannot contain members. Specify directory blocks. Kees. jagadishan perumal jagadish...@gmail.com wrote in message news:CANHhCyS-gcXY8XnJ1QJBQC=6teqtnmslznjitq+locfqrto...@mail.gmail.com ... This is not a PDS, it has 0

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2011-10-24 09:05, jagadishan perumal pisze: This is not a PDS, it has 0 directory blocks. (Maximum dir. blocks : 0) But it says Data set name type : PDS Yes, it says, so what?. It says PO, PDS, *and* directory 0. That means your dataset (partially) looks like PDS, but it cannot hold

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread jagadishan perumal
Hi All, I will ask the programmer to delete and re-create the dataset. Meanwhile I will examine His JCL(PDS allocation). Regards, Jags On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM kees.verno...@klm.com wrote: A PDS with zero tracks cannot contain data, a PDS with zero dir. Blocks

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
jagadishan perumal wrote: This is not a PDS, it has 0 directory blocks. (Maximum dir. blocks : 0) But it says Data set name type : PDS Believe them. Trust me on this one. Your dataset is defined on the OUTSIDE as a PDS, but the INTERNAL organization is corrupt (Max Dir Blocks = zero).

Re: Web page , link to all (most) z/OS messages

2011-10-24 Thread Miklos Szigetvari
Hi Thank you We have a HTML site (web page) with SYSLOG or JOBLOG. I would like to set a hyperlink to the messages. It works if the message in LOOKAT( example http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/zoslib/lookat?required=release=ZOS/V1R12msgid=BPXF024I) but if it is a DB2 MQ or CICS

AUTO: Rajender Vemula is out of the office (returning 10/26/2011)

2011-10-24 Thread Rajender Vemula
I am out of the office until 10/26/2011. For Mainframe z/OS ,CICS MQ assistance, Please call Mainframe Services HOTLINE 312/444-5106 : Option 1 Email group: Mainframe Services HOTLINE Note: This is an automated response to your message BLDL error Cause sent on 10/24/2011 1:07:19. This is

LINKLIST and ALIAS

2011-10-24 Thread Dell'Anno, Aurora Emanuela
Hi all, Please excuse what is possibly a very stupid question: Do I need always to put the fully qualified dataset name in LINKLIST/LINKLIB or can I use an alias? If I use an alias what happens at IPL, how do I ensure that the catalog will be loaded properly, where do I specify the alias - or

Re: LINKLIST and ALIAS

2011-10-24 Thread Walter Marguccio
From: Dell'Anno, Aurora Emanuela aurora.della...@ca.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Do I need always to put the fully qualified dataset name in LINKLIST/LINKLIB or can I use an alias? If I use an alias what happens at IPL, how do I ensure that the catalog will be loaded properly, where do

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Lizette Koehler
Hi All, One of our application programmer has created a PDS with below attributes : Data Set Name . . . : TPUN011.NEWMAPST General Data Current Allocation Management class . . : **None** Allocated blocks . : 741 Storage class . . . : TPUSC

Re: LINKLIST and ALIAS

2011-10-24 Thread Lizette Koehler
Do I need always to put the fully qualified dataset name in LINKLIST/LINKLIB or can I use an alias? If I use an alias what happens at IPL, how do I ensure that the catalog will be loaded properly, where do I specify the alias - or should I just NOT use an alias here? The Init and

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Chase, John
How can you have a PDS with ZERO directory blocks? -jc- -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of jagadishan perumal Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: BLDL error Cause Hi All, One

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:57:33 -0400, Lizette Koehler wrote: In most cases full track blocking will work fine. Did I miss the announcement that block sizes greater than 32K are supported? What release was that? -- Tom Marchant

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread jagadishan perumal
Hi, What release was that? Its 1.8 Regards, Jags On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Tom Marchant m42tom-ibmm...@yahoo.comwrote: On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:57:33 -0400, Lizette Koehler wrote: In most cases full track blocking will work fine. Did I miss the announcement that block sizes greater

testcase.software.ibm.com anonymous FTP failing with Login incorrect.

2011-10-24 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi, I opened a Service Request Help Desk query and an IBMLink Help Desk feedback but no sign that either is going to get this resolved. Just to reality check is anyone else having difficulty sending documentation to testcase.software.ibm.com ? This is using PUTDOC or manual FTP and it

Re: testcase.software.ibm.com anonymous FTP failing with Login incorrect.

2011-10-24 Thread Dirk Johann
Sam, did you try to enter a password? As far as I know the testcase ftp server requires a password, when using ftp command line, even you are logging in as anonymous. If it does not work, try to log in via the http interface via https://testcase.boulder.ibm.com There you do not need to enter a

Re: testcase.software.ibm.com anonymous FTP failing with Login incorrect.

2011-10-24 Thread Matan Cohen
try giving it a password contaning @ On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Knutson, Sam sknut...@geico.com wrote: Hi, I opened a Service Request Help Desk query and an IBMLink Help Desk feedback but no sign that either is going to get this resolved. Just to reality check is anyone else

Re: testcase.software.ibm.com anonymous FTP failing with Login incorrect.

2011-10-24 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
Sam, my normal JCL is failing as well, same error. MA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: testcase.software.ibm.com anonymous FTP failing with Login incorrect.

2011-10-24 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:36:27 -0400, Knutson, Sam sknut...@geico.com wrote: Hi, I opened a Service Request Help Desk query and an IBMLink Help Desk feedback but no sign that either is going to get this resolved. Just to reality check is anyone else having difficulty sending documentation

Re: testcase.software.ibm.com anonymous FTP failing with Login incorrect.

2011-10-24 Thread Barkow, Eileen
I thought tht testcase was done away with. The new ip address is FTP.EMEA.IBM.COM (192.109.81.7) -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:58 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re:

Re: LINKLIST and ALIAS

2011-10-24 Thread Staller, Allan
Just to elaborate: At the time the LNKLIST is initially created (IPL), the catalog address space has not yet started. The only catalog that can be accessed at this time is the master cat, and alias processing is not yet available. Hence the use of VOL=XX coding and/or use of system symbols

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Lizette Koehler
Did I miss the announcement that block sizes greater than 32K are supported? What release was that? -- Tom Marchant Okay a slight clarification. 32K is the largest I know of for full track blocking on DASD. Not sure about EAVs or Tape. The discussion of Full Track Blocking revolves

Re: z/OS Control block question

2011-10-24 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:29:11 -0500, Wayne Driscoll wdri...@us.ibm.com wrote: Please explain how all TCB's under a given JSTCB will point to the same TIOT is incorrect, but every TCB with the same TCBJSTCB will normally have the same TIOT is true, when the two statements make the same point? I

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:12:00 -0400, Lizette Koehler wrote: Did I miss the announcement that block sizes greater than 32K are supported? What release was that? -- Tom Marchant Okay a slight clarification. 32K is the largest I know of for full track blocking on DASD. Ok. 32K has been

Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

2011-10-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In ofd8dc7f3f.55794369-on85257933.001026f8-85257933.00115...@us.ibm.com, on 10/23/2011 at 11:09 PM, Peter Relson rel...@us.ibm.com said: Despite the harsh opinions expressed, I find it somewhat hard to believe that the owners of this code would not agree to document the behavior that has

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 6795006467018006.wa.m42tomibmmainyahoo@bama.ua.edu, on 10/24/2011 at 07:19 AM, Tom Marchant m42tom-ibmm...@yahoo.com said: Did I miss the announcement that block sizes greater than 32K are supported? Yes, but it was for tape. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In canhhcyrsdw_reish_oibs2_kjmpclypuzbmr8udtz_vnoyi...@mail.gmail.com, on 10/24/2011 at 11:37 AM, jagadishan perumal jagadish...@gmail.com said: Maximum dir. blocks : 0 ? When he tries to allocate a member within the dataset : TPUN011.NEWMAPST(map), he gets a message as BLDL error 1. Was

Management Class - expiration of dataset

2011-10-24 Thread Jake anderson
Hi All, We know that management class takes care of expiration of dataset(sms-managed), but in one of our system(Where management class routine is not in place) user is able specify expiration of dataset using ISPF 3.2 and management class space looks blank. Does it mean the dataset has taken the

Re: z/OS Control block question

2011-10-24 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Actually, no. There are 3 requirements for using JSCTB=YES on an attach macro, the first is that you have to be authorized, the second is that you have to have NO subtasks that have been attached without JSTCB=YES specified and the third is that you must be a JOB STEP TCB. Also,once you

Re: z/OS Control block question

2011-10-24 Thread Wayne Driscoll
Walt, Thanks, I missed an important qualifier what I should have said was all non-job step TCB's under a given JSTCB will point to the same TIOT. === Wayne Driscoll OMEGAMON DB2 L3 Support/Development wdrisco(AT)us.ibm.com

Re: SRBEPA

2011-10-24 Thread John Gilmore
Peter Relson's point is an important one. In my experience almost no one confuses a task with a TCB, but the ambiguous use of SRB is common. People talk, for example, of scheduling an SRB, but never of despatching a TCB. It is probably too late; but it would have been useful to make a

Re: z/OS Control block question

2011-10-24 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:03:58 -0500, Wayne Driscoll wdri...@us.ibm.com wrote: Walt, Thanks, I missed an important qualifier what I should have said was all non-job step TCB's under a given JSTCB will point to the same TIOT. No, that still doesn't work, Wayne, as it still has that ambiguous ues of

Re: Management Class - expiration of dataset

2011-10-24 Thread amit
hi Jake, the ones without the Management class, would still be tracked via the ACS routines and there would be routines run via DFS* or thridparty tools to have expiration and deletion/after actions into account. On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Jake anderson justmainfra...@gmail.comwrote: Hi

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Tony Harminc
On 24 October 2011 02:07, jagadishan perumal jagadish...@gmail.com wrote: When he tries to allocate a member within the dataset : TPUN011.NEWMAPST(map), he gets a message as BLDL error I tried searching some error related to PDF as starting with ISR but I was not able to fetch any error

Re: 3270 dynamic screen sizes

2011-10-24 Thread Jim Mulder
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 10/22/2011 12:50:06 PM: On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:33:21 +0200, Monika Amiss monika.am...@arcor.de wrote: Is it possible to get an MCS-Console (osa-icc,3270-x) to print out to 132 bytes width (or more). now our 3270-emulation

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 10/24/2011 8:19 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: Did I miss the announcement that block sizes greater than 32K are supported? What release was that? It depends on your definition of supported - I had a job that used BSAM to manipulate blocks larger than 32K (disk and tape). If you have an even

TPCR Version 4.2 WAS

2011-10-24 Thread Jim Marshall
We just purchased some new IBM DS8800 DASD and along with it bought TPCR and got TPCR 4.2 to be installed on the IBM 2096s. We run WAS V7.0 and now learn TPCR V4.2 needs WAS V6.1 for it to work. Back when we upgraded from WAS V6.1 to WAS 7.0 because of IBM pressure to get off V6. IS

CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Lizette Koehler
A programmer I am working with is getting a file from Unix which will be sent to the mainframe. This will be using FTP. The process is we receive the file from the Unix system and it is placed on a Windows 2008 server. Then from the Windows 2008 it is going to be FTP'd to the mainframe. Is

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Scott Ford
Lizette:   Yep sure is, use binary, it will not translate the characters. I use it all the time for exactly that purpose Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com   From: Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent:

Re: z/OS Control block question

2011-10-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In of5be197b2.1ea188a2-on86257933.00517983-86257933.00524...@us.ibm.com, on 10/24/2011 at 09:58 AM, Wayne Driscoll wdri...@us.ibm.com said: Actually, no. There are 3 requirements for using JSCTB=YES on an attach macro, the first is that you have to be authorized, Are you sure that the

Re: BLDL error Cause

2011-10-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 056c01cc924e$84278a70$8c769f50$@mindspring.com, on 10/24/2011 at 09:12 AM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com said: If you are running on OS/390 2.10 or later, then you know that BSAM, BPAM and QSAM support LBI on disk, tape, spooled, subsystem and dummy data sets Not on disk. --

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Jonathan Goossen
Lizette, It has been years since I worked with Unix FTP, but Windows also uses the CRLF and I routinely FTP between my PC and the Mainframe. All I do is specify a text transfer and the FTP utility does the translation. I get one PC text line to one mainframe text line. Mine are usually FB LRECL

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 3:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25' A programmer I am working with is getting

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 3:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25' A programmer I am working with is getting

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Scott Ford
John:   We package and ship our executes in binary format...We build JES2 xmits, download them as binary and the customer uploads from Windoze to z/OS using a binary option, not 'CR LF' , otherwise the data is unusable. I think if memory servers me right its because we ship loadlibs Scott

Re: SRBEPA

2011-10-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In capd5f5ryy38n9t9_r2dy2jukcek9o6tmkovtu1o0psnqbqh...@mail.gmail.com, on 10/24/2011 at 11:03 AM, John Gilmore johnwgilmore0...@gmail.com said: People talk, for example, of scheduling an SRB, but never of despatching a TCB. They do, however, talk of dispatching a TCB, sometimes in

CRLF in unix, translated

2011-10-24 Thread glen herrmannsfeldt
Then from the Windows 2008 it is going to be FTP'd to the mainframe. Is there a way to keep the CRLF command at the end of each line? And will the ainframe recognize it as a newline? What we really want is the UNIX file to be individual (FB Lrecl 946) going into the mainframe. It seems

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 6598855.1319487016267.javamail.r...@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net, on 10/24/2011 at 04:10 PM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com said: A programmer I am working with is getting a file from Unix which will be sent to the mainframe. This will be using FTP. What are the original

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Lizette Koehler
BTW, do local politics allow going directly to z/OS instead of therough the W2008 box? As for politics. It must be done this way, Unix, to Win2008, to Mainframe. No options here. I have tried several tests. Either I only get one record up on the mainframe or the data is definately in bin

Re: SRBEPA

2011-10-24 Thread John Gilmore
You're out of line, Shmuel. You may prefer 'dispatch' to 'despatch', but they are equally legitimate alternative spellings. Moreover, while I should ordinarily let 'excrutiating' pass without comment, I shall not do so this time. I find no entry in the OED for it. It is an unambiguous

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Scott Ford
Liz:   For NOTEPAD++, which I also use, you will need to make sure that the file that arrives into Windows has the x'0D0A' , as Shmuel said its the CRLF characters. From Windows to the Host(z/OS) you could go binary for sure. I would verify that the data arrives in Windows ok, before doing the

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Grinsell, Don
Lizette, I think John's suggestion has merit. On the first transfer (Unix to Windows) are you specifying ascii or binary? Specifying ascii should correctly translate the Unix new line to the Windows CRLF. Then your second transfer (Windows to z/OS) should work correctly. This also explains

Re: SRBEPA

2011-10-24 Thread Gord Tomlin
You two should prpbably get a room. -- Regards, Gord Tomlin Action Software International (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507 On 2011-10-24 17:41, John Gilmore wrote: You're out of line, Shmuel. You may prefer 'dispatch' to 'despatch', but they

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 4:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25' A programmer I am working with is getting

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
-Original Message- From: Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 6:22 PM To: 'IBM Mainframe Discussion List' Subject: RE: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25' -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu]

Re: SRBEPA

2011-10-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
You may prefer 'dispatch' to 'despatch', but they are equally legitimate alternative spellings. They may be legitimate, but NOT equally. The purpose of communication is to communicate. NOT to show off your erudition by picking obscure spellings/usage and confusing people. Schmuel was probably

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:20:14 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: on 10/24/2011 at 04:10 PM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com said: A programmer I am working with is getting a file from Unix which will be sent to the mainframe. This will be using FTP. What are the original and final

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Tony Harminc
On 24 October 2011 17:41, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com wrote: I have tried several tests.  Either I only get one record up on the mainframe or the data is definately in bin format when it arrives.  I have tried BIN FB,  BIN VB,  ASCII FB and ASCII VB.  So far the 44 records I have

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Tony Harminc
On 24 October 2011 18:20, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net wrote: No; the Unix new line indication is LF (X'0A'), For some values of UNIX. the windoze/DOS new line indication is CRLF (X'0D0A') Yes. and the z/OS new line indication for EBCDIC is NEL (X'25'). No. EBCDIC

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Frank Swarbrick
This does not work going the other direction.  If it were available it would properly be named SBRECVEOL, or something similar; but the fact is it is not an available option. From: Farley, Peter x23353 peter.far...@broadridge.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Frank Swarbrick
What method is being used to transport the file from the UNIX box to the Windows box? It should not be a straight binary transfer because, as you've noticed, this does not convert from the UNIX end-of-line delimiter to the Windows end-of-line delimiter. It's a fact that some Windows

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
glen herrmannsfeldt g...@ugcs.caltech.edu writes: Note, for example, the IBM 2741 does not use EBCDIC, but its own code, with its own control characters. but all the 2741 characters were defined in EBCDIC. when cp67 was installed at the univ in jan68 ... it had 2741 and 1052 terminal ... but

Re: SOS - IST1700

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
Munif Having expended a lot of time and energy in providing a response to your previous post 3270 and EE last month and not having had a response in which my questions were answered enabling us all to continue with your problem situation, I wondered whether or not you were one of those posters

Re: Looking for clues on a bug in assembler

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
Charles I've kept out of this until I caught what you said here in the Google Groups digest. ... and reduce it to a single short assembler program that runs and demonstrates the problem. This reminded me of a program - in Fortran IIRC - where, in order to clarify a problem for the newly

Re: ATTLS configuration

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
Neale According to the a SHARE presentation ... The SHARE presentation is good but it does state that it's skipped over some steps for the sake of keeping the presentation within its time allocation. Alternatively for a source which doesn't suffer from a time allocation, you could use what

Re: Transitioning Highly Available Applications to System z (Was: Redbook)

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
Steve Sorry, as far as the z/OS Communications Server IP part of this redbook is concerned, it's on a downhill trajectory. Something pretty unforgivable comes to my attention and so many - thread: Redbook d/l issue - appear keen to use this redbook! Is there some product or product function

Re: Redbooks in general (was: Transitioning highly available . . .)

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
John Thanks for the - implied - suggestion. I have subscribed to the supposedly regular update - I have received two so far! - from the redbook site for any redwhatevers which involve - supposedly since this is a matter of intelligent indexing - z/OS. I'm hoping this will cover any which

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
Tony Let's branch back to being professional. What an excellent idea! Let's branch back to using terms correctly especially so that newcomers are not destined to be confused when they have to deal with the real thing! I'd say that was not only the *professional* approach but also the kind

z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
Matan Since my little joke has caused so much fuss, I checked back in the IBM-MAIN archives that my basic premise, which may not be appreciated by all casually reading these exchanges, namely that, on the evidence of threads you have initiated and with the questions raised in which I have

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
Jon Get over yourself. The only response to this is get over your nonsensical instructions to others to get over themselves. What tosh! Most of the folks on this list ... Interesting approach, leading to an exercise in set theory, wouldn't you say? Most suggests not all, so let's try and

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
Mary Anne Arrogant? Pot/Kettle/Black! I'm a bit lost on the logic of this but it may be more a reflection on the speaker than the spoken to. Maybe the girls' age to which Tony Babonas referred is not a necessary qualification. Possibly Sticks and stones .. stays with some for life. I

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
If you don't have anything useful to say there are many subscribers who would say don't bother to post. I will not tolerate falsely being accused negatively in public and that's what arrogant Mr Zelden did. Chris Mason On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:23:59 -0500, Greg Shirey wgshi...@benekeith.com

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
Rick It's good to see that out of Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest, some can managed two out of four - at least - one lives in hope! One can note however that this presumably an incorrectly corrected typo - under the influence of the spelling checker - is not entirely inappropriate: the

Re: CRLF in Unix being translated on Mainframe to x'25'

2011-10-24 Thread Gibney, Dave
Listen to Peter. :) Ok, if you are using a batch job on z/OS, then you are the client for that transfer. If the file on Windows has the CRLF (that is Notepad works), then a ASCII/EBCIDIC transfer to a FB or VB file with a large enough LRECL should work. You can use the LOCSITE to subcommand to

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
Rob From a Summary of Changes in the OS/390 V2R6 MVS Initialization and Tuning Guide: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA1E106/CHANGES quote | As part of the name change of OS/390 OpenEdition to OS/390 UNIX System | Services, occurrences of OS/390 OpenEdition have

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
This reply contains a test designed to show what a pointless post it was: http://aime.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1110L=ibm-mainD=1O=DP=914102 Chris Mason On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:30:18 -0700, Scott Ford scott_j_f...@yahoo.com wrote: Amen, Jon, too old to argue anymore Scott J Ford

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mason
Whomever it really is This reply contains a test designed to show what a pointless post it was: http://aime.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1110L=ibm-mainD=1O=DP=914102 Chris Mason On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:27:27 -0400, Ford Prefect ford...@gmail.com wrote: Jon, I couldn't have said it better.

HSM recycle% with STK VSM SL8500

2011-10-24 Thread R Hey
Hi, Seen a client using MVS---VSM---SL8500 doing HSM recycle(35). Thought it was too high. Found: http://www.lascon.co.uk/d016001.htm Virtual Tape Principles The HSM recycle function can conflict with the VTS reclaim function, so it is best to set the HSM

Re: Management Class - expiration of dataset

2011-10-24 Thread Jake anderson
the ones without the Management class, would still be tracked via the ACS routines and there would be routines run via DFS* Could you please point me to the fine Manual which speaks more about the above. This would help me in understanding the best practises and narrow down the unneccessary

Re: z/OS UNIX file can't be deleted. (Was confusing and confused)

2011-10-24 Thread Ken Brick
On 25/10/2011 13:28 PM, Chris Mason wrote: Interesting approach, leading to an exercise in set theory, wouldn't you say? Most suggests not all, so let's try and work out who knows what. A is all the list subscribers. B is the subset of A who know of the three letters in the incorrect context.