Re: "New" Java-less Operating System Messages blips like crazy

>I opened a hardware issue for this same reason and hardware support reported >that MCL patches needed to be applied to the HMC. Those patches were recently >put on but I haven't had a chance to be at the HMC during a sandbox IPL to >verify if it is fixed. When I first detected this last

System Rexx - Where to discuss?

Both rexxl...@listserv.uga.edu and tso-r...@vm.marist.edu seem moribund. I am trying to come to grips with various aspects of System Rexx, but what little discussion there is here has been at a fairly high level. Is there another group, or should I plough in on IBM-MAIN? For a start, I'm having

Re: Nice article about MF and Government

Making software purchase decisions based on emotional reactions to how the vendor spends its marketing dollars is not a recipe for IT success. Compuware may well have determined after a long and detailed analysis that the Super Bowl was a cost-effective medium for them. I don't know, but I

Re: AW: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 08:12:47 +0200, bernd.oppol...@t-online.de wrote: >http://bernd-oppolzer.de/blog_20150115_151000.htm > . > >this Contains a REXX Procedure >to sort a stem variable. >See quicksort_nonrec > o Of course. But why should it be

Re: John's spare time ... Job Scheduler Programmer Architect?

On 7 June 2017 at 00:00, Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Great minds think alike: > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/MartinPacker/entry/bpxwunix_z_os_best_kept_secret10?lang=zh lang=zh ? For some of us lang=en works a bit better.

Re: Sendind OMVS doc to IBM ecurep

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 11:29:21 +, Noach.Holger UHN wrote: > >I am having a problem with some application using OMVS / HFS >So I am trying to collect data and to send this as documentation to IBM >Normally I use TAR, but some of the files are very very long, so this does TAR >not support , so

Re: AW: Re: LE QuestionT

On 7 June 2017 at 08:38, David Crayford wrote: > IIRC subpool 1 is for LE internals and subpool 2 for user heap and stack. > Makes sense so presumably a user-space storage overwrite wont corrupt LE so > it can shutdown cleanly. Different subpools of user-key storage won't

Re: System Rexx - Where to discuss?

The TSO-REXX group is a little quiet but I do not think it is moribund. You can post any REXX questions on TSO-REXX and you may get an answer on the REXX function. Or you can try IBMMAIN. In either case, it helps to explain what is confusing. And a snippet of code and expectations is always

Re: System Rexx - Where to discuss?

Hi Lizette. Try ask here. For myself, i wrote somehundreds of routines so i may help. ITschak בתאריך 7 ביונ 2017 19:19,‏ "Lizette Koehler" כתב: The TSO-REXX group is a little quiet but I do not think it is moribund. You can post any REXX questions on TSO-REXX and you

Re: AW: Re: LE QuestionT

I read that as perhaps "so a misguided user FREEMAIN won't foul up LE ..." Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Harminc Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 8:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: AW: Re:

Re: Nice article about MF and Government

> On Jun 7, 2017, at 7:38 AM, Knutson, Samuel > wrote: > > The article is I think useful and addresses the critical need to wisely > modernize on the mainframe platform where it serves citizens today in the USA. > >

Re: John's spare time ... Job Scheduler Programmer Architect?

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 11:15:47 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >On 7 June 2017 at 00:00, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> Great minds think alike: >> >> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/MartinPacker/entry/bpxwunix_z_os_best_kept_secret10?lang=zh > >lang=zh ? For some of us lang=en works a

Re: Psst...It's not really a secret

zMan wrote: >How long before it [IBM-MAIN] outgrows 31 and needs to be made 64? My friend, I've got a Full Word to say to you, you'll have to Wait a long Time, Bit by Bit, Byte by Byte... ... perhaps before you get Swapped out to Bit Bucket unless you get TIME=1440 ... Sorry, but today I'm

AW: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

http://bernd-oppolzer.de/blog_20150115_151000.htm . this Contains a REXX Procedure to sort a stem variable. See quicksort_nonrec hth Kind regards Bernd --- Original-Nachricht --- Von: Paul Gilmartin Betreff: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job

AW: Re: LE QuestionT

First allocation in subpool 1, secondary allocations in subpool 2. this is true for heap and Stack allocation. I remember a very useful IBM presentation on this topic which is titled "stacks are simple, heaps are Fun". you will find it using Google hth Kind regards Bernd ---

Re: AW: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

Paul Gilmartin wrote: >Bernd.Oppolzer wrote: >>http://bernd-oppolzer.de/blog_20150115_151000.htm >>this Contains a REXX Procedure to sort a stem variable. See quicksort_nonrec >o Of course. But why should it be necessary to reinvent the wheel when DFSORT >has vast capabilities not practical to

Re: Effect of SET PROG=xx

That is exactly one of the uses! EDIT SYS1.PARMLIB(PROGDJ) - 01.02Columns 00 Command ===> Scroll ** * Top of Data 01 SETPROG

Re: AW: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

Please see this RFE: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe_ID=47699 -- Lionel B. Dyck -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf

Re: What Happens with Duplicate DD Cards in JCL?

>From the "MVS JCL Reference" Manual v Each ddname should be unique within the job step. If duplicate ddnames appear in a job step, processing is as follows: – In a JES2 system: The system performs device and space allocation and disposition processing for both DD statements; however, it

Connect Direct File Agent on z/OS

Hi I am curious if anyone is using this agent that comes with IBM Sterling Connect Direct? It is a separate downloaded Java jar file to run on Z/OS or other OSes. We are having issues getting it working despite a ticket open with IBM so I am curious if anyone is using it on z/OS? Thanks Dan

Re: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

On 2017-06-07, at 11:31, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: > Please see this RFE: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe_ID=47699 > That gives me: Oops, that's not right! Sorry, the page you're looking for cannot be displayed Please try again later. 500 Internal

Re: System Rexx - Where to discuss?

When you invoke a systemrexx from an (assembler) program, you define the variables, values and format. Your program can get a result fron the rexx exec. These are the output variables defined in your assembler. Have a look at the axrexx macro. There is a mample rexx and assembler pgm that

Re: Effect of SET PROG=xx

Yea, sorry about that, cut/paste the wrong stuff. While that was a prog member I had setup a long time ago, I used it to cut/paste each line as a console command, NOT as a SET PROG command. My bad, and my apologies _ Dave Jousma

Re: AW: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

Thank you Lionel, that is the piece I forgot to find and add. Al Nims UFIT University of Florida (352) 273-1298 @Home -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 1:31 PM To:

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: AW: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

If I recall the CMS/TSO Pipes is effectively the same code that is reassembled for z/VM or z/OS. Sadly it is a product that is charged for on z/OS but is included in z/VM at no charge. It should, imho, be included in z/OS as a no charge feature and really give the REXX users a tool to be more

Re: Nice article about MF and Government

> On Jun 7, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Charles Mills wrote: > > Making software purchase decisions based on emotional reactions to how the > vendor spends its marketing dollars is not a recipe for IT success. > > Compuware may well have determined after a long and detailed analysis

Re: Effect of SET PROG=xx

Easy for you and me to redesign MVS retroactively but yes, your point is well-taken. It would seem that for the same effort as Set PROG= IBM could have produced a much more generally useful console command to cause MVS to read and "execute" a file of console commands, presumably possibly

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

The url appears to have wrapped Try this http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe_ID=47699 -- Lionel B. Dyck -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: AW: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

On 2017-06-07, at 11:27, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote: > This is getting to be like a discussion that was had on the REXX list > recently, as in it would be nice if there was an available PIPE type of > command available, oh wait there is: > > The product where IBM has made a PIPE command

What Happens with Duplicate DD Cards in JCL?

I have this programmer that coded the following DD cards in JCL. I'm not 100% sure what z/OS v1.13 does with the first DD card for a KSDS VSAM file, but I think it gets replaced by the second. Here is an example of the JCL: //PRTOUTDD SYSOUT=X //* VSAM FILES //PBGDD DD

Re: What Happens with Duplicate DD Cards in JCL?

I think it depends on how the program handles it. Do you get any JCL errors? Do you get any errors when the program runs like this? Any details you can share? Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of George

Re: What Happens with Duplicate DD Cards in JCL?

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 1:54 PM, George Rodriguez < 016eebd7289b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I have this programmer that coded the following DD cards in JCL. I'm not > 100% sure what z/OS v1.13 does with the first DD card for a KSDS VSAM file, > but I think it gets replaced by the

Re: AW: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

This is getting to be like a discussion that was had on the REXX list recently, as in it would be nice if there was an available PIPE type of command available, oh wait there is: The product where IBM has made a PIPE command available:

Re: "New" Java-less Operating System Messages blips like crazy

On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 10:49:47 -0400, Tom Conley wrote: >On 6/6/2017 10:45 AM, Styles, Andy , ITS zPlatform Services wrote: >> Classification: Public >> It varies between browsers, I believe. >> >> Chrome 55.0.2883.87 seems to play nicely - perhaps nicer - but IE >>

Re: Effect of SET PROG=xx

Well now I am thoroughly confused. I am looking at Init & Tuning and those do not appear to be valid PROGxx statements. What am I missing? I see LNKLST ADD in I but not SETPROG LNKLST,ADD -- that's a console command, not a PROGxx statement, right? Charles -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: "New" Java-less Operating System Messages blips like crazy

On 6/7/2017 1:57 PM, Art Gutowski wrote: On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 10:49:47 -0400, Tom Conley wrote: On 6/6/2017 10:45 AM, Styles, Andy , ITS zPlatform Services wrote: Classification: Public It varies between browsers, I believe. Chrome 55.0.2883.87 seems to play nicely

Re: What Happens with Duplicate DD Cards in JCL?

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > > CLOSE will cause that DD to be ... taken out of the TIOT > > I didn't know that! > I guess that I should have said "effectively taken out of the TIOT". I don't think that the TIOT is "compressed", but that the entry is

System Rexx - Console questions

What causes the AXR0500I message AXR0500I AXREXX OUTPUT DISPLAY 093 EXECNAME=TESTX REQTOKEN=4000D29FAA504703A808 TESTX running - output from SAY to be written to Syslog? Clearly that last line is from a SAY statement of mine, but I seem to always get the AXR0500I even without a SAY.

Re: What Happens with Duplicate DD Cards in JCL?

I thought that too a JCL error, but no the programmer didn't get a JCL error! ​ *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *IT Enterprise Applications* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room

Re: What Happens with Duplicate DD Cards in JCL?

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 14:10:57 -0500, John McKown wrote: > >​What happens is that the TIOT (internal representation of the DD >statements for the step) will contain _both_ entries. The TIOT is a >sequential list of entries. OPEN will search the TIOT from top to bottom >looking for the requested DD

Re: Psst...It's not really a secret

On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 06:04:49AM -0400, Edward Finnell wrote: > Ibm-main is 31! > > Been quite a ride. Kudos to Darren for tending us this long and all the > developers and coders who have helped us travel the Maze of MVS. I know I > learned a lot and saved me countless hours digging thru

Re: System Rexx - Where to discuss?

Usually Rexx returns a value if called as a function. This is not the case as systemrexx mostly called asynchronous (f axr,xxx) or from health checker. A Rexx call is special in that it has output variables that are mapped in your program, but the Rexx executes in a different address space.

Re: What Happens with Duplicate DD Cards in JCL?

Gil is correct == the FREE=CLOSE does the real dirty work -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 3:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What Happens with Duplicate DD

Re: System Rexx - Where to discuss?

On 7 June 2017 at 14:00, IronSphere by SecuriTeam Software wrote: > When you invoke a systemrexx from an (assembler) program, you define the > variables, values and format. Your program can get a result fron the rexx > exec. These are the output variables defined in your

Re: System Rexx - Where to discuss?

On 7 June 2017 at 16:22, Itschak Mugzach wrote: > Usually Rexx returns a value if called as a function. This is not the case > as systemrexx mostly called asynchronous (f axr,xxx) or from health > checker. A Rexx call is special in that it has output variables that are >

Re: What Happens with Duplicate DD Cards in JCL?

When I used to work on CPCS, we would stack 10 SYSUDUMP DDCARDS in the JCL so we could CLOSE with a FREE=CLOSE and get the dump -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of George Rodriguez Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 2:34 PM

Re: Psst...It's not really a secret

On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 10:15:31PM +0200, Tomasz Rola wrote: > On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 06:04:49AM -0400, Edward Finnell wrote: > > Ibm-main is 31! > > > > Been quite a ride. Kudos to Darren for tending us this long and all the > > developers and coders who have helped us travel the Maze of

Re: What Happens with Duplicate DD Cards in JCL?

> CLOSE will cause that DD to be ... taken out of the TIOT I didn't know that! Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 12:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re:

Re: What Happens with Duplicate DD Cards in JCL?

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 15:08:47 -0500, John McKown wrote: >On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > >> > CLOSE will cause that DD to be ... taken out of the TIOT >> >> I didn't know that! > >I guess that I should have said "effectively taken out of the TIOT". I >don't think that the

Psst...It's not really a secret

Ibm-main is 31! Been quite a ride. Kudos to Darren for tending us this long and all the developers and coders who have helped us travel the Maze of MVS. I know I learned a lot and saved me countless hours digging thru control blocks and reading the manuals-TNL's and all. Salud!

Re: Psst...It's not really a secret

On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 06:39:59PM -0400, Edward Finnell wrote: > It's a separate list or webbable at > listserv.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main-archives.html > > Archives of ibm-main-archi...@listserv.ua.edu > IBM-MAIN Archives 1986-2004 > This is the place, thank you. Already subscribed. --

Re: Psst...It's not really a secret

It's a separate list or webbable at listserv.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main-archives.html Archives of ibm-main-archi...@listserv.ua.edu IBM-MAIN Archives 1986-2004 In a message dated 6/7/2017 3:23:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, rto...@ceti.com.pl writes: Oh wait. It looks like the is

Re: Psst...It's not really a secret

Snollygosters and collywobbles, Batman they're ignoring the parity bits! No soup for you! In a message dated 6/7/2017 11:53:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time, elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za writes: Sorry, but today I'm not giving any apology for my and zMan's word play...

Re: Ted MacNeil?

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 20:00:33 -0400, zMan wrote: >Hey, what happened to Ted? He could be a PITA but he contributed value, >too. Haven't seen him here lately. > His last submission that I see was 2016-06-02. I vaguely recall that someone said he was unsubscribing. -- gil

Re: Ted MacNeil?

On 6/7/2017 7:59 PM, zMan wrote: Hey, what happened to Ted? He could be a PITA but he contributed value, too. Haven't seen him here lately. Knowing Ted, he's probably still "too busy driving to stop for gas" ;-) -- For

Ted MacNeil?

Hey, what happened to Ted? He could be a PITA but he contributed value, too. Haven't seen him here lately. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

Lionel Dyck wrote: >If I recall the CMS/TSO Pipes is effectively the same code that is reassembled >for z/VM or z/OS. Sadly it is a product that is charged for on z/OS but is >included in z/VM at no charge. It should, imho, be included in z/OS as a no >charge feature and really give the REXX

Re: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 17:06:46 -0700, Phil Smith wrote: >Lionel Dyck wrote: >>If I recall the CMS/TSO Pipes is effectively the same code that is >>reassembled for z/VM or z/OS. Sadly it is a product that is charged for on >>z/OS but is included in z/VM at no charge. It should, imho, be included in

Re: John's spare time ... Job Scheduler Programmer Architect?

Jol has a number of way to get data into Symbolic Variables. When operating under TSO, Jol can: 1. Use the READ instruction to ask for a simple line of input into a Symbolic Variable. 2. Use the Full Screen Structured 3270 to read a fullscreen into a number of Symbolic Variable3. 3. Use the

Re: John's spare time ... Job Scheduler Programmer Architect?

Jol has a builtin sort. The following code can be executed in Batch or directly under TSO. DCL DSID1 DS PAYROLL.TRANS.FILE; DCL DSID2 DS PAYROLL.SORTED.TRANS VB 300, 8000 10 CYLS DISK; SORT DSID1 TO DSID2 FIELDS=(

Sendind OMVS doc to IBM ecurep

Hey List I am having a problem with some application using OMVS / HFS So I am trying to collect data and to send this as documentation to IBM Normally I use TAR, but some of the files are very very long, so this does TAR not support , so instead I will use PAX with some special parameters on it.

Re: Psst...It's not really a secret

On 6/7/2017 6:03 AM, Edward Finnell wrote: Ibm-main is 31! Been quite a ride. Kudos to Darren for tending us this long and all the developers and coders who have helped us travel the Maze of MVS. I know I learned a lot and saved me countless hours digging thru control blocks and reading the

Re: "New" Java-less Operating System Messages blips like crazy

Barbara, I opened a hardware issue for this same reason and hardware support reported that MCL patches needed to be applied to the HMC. Those patches were recently put on but I haven't had a chance to be at the HMC during a sandbox IPL to verify if it is fixed. Kirk

Re: John's spare time ... Job Scheduler Programmer Architect?

1. Jol has the ability to read and write files with PL/I or Clist style statements. For example: ALLOC F(INPUT5) SYS1.CONTROL.LIB(%DAY) SHR ; /* Opens member depending on the day */ OPENFILE INPUT5 INPUT; /* Open the file */ IF ^ EOF(INPUT5)

Re: AW: Re: LE QuestionT

IIRC subpool 1 is for LE internals and subpool 2 for user heap and stack. Makes sense so presumably a user-space storage overwrite wont corrupt LE so it can shutdown cleanly. On 7/06/2017 2:46 PM, bernd.oppol...@t-online.de wrote: First allocation in subpool 1, secondary allocations in

Re: Nice article about MF and Government

The article is I think useful and addresses the critical need to wisely modernize on the mainframe platform where it serves citizens today in the USA. https://www.fedscoop.com/what-is-legacy-it-and-how-scared-should-we-be-of-it/ It wasn't written by just any person from Compuware but the CEO

Re: John's spare time ... Job Scheduler Programmer Architect?

Jol has an inbuilt calendar. Therefore, it is easy to do this. Just code: Submit Jol.job(%day); You could also have a full Jol procedure, and in it have code similar to: If %day='FRIDAY' Then do; . End; Clem Clarke Sri h Kolusu wrote: (E.g coding

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Ted MacNeil?

I thought he retired - but not positive. Jerry Whitteridge Manager Mainframe Systems & Storage Albertsons - Safeway Inc. 623 869 5523 Corporate Tieline - 85523 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Ted MacNeil?

While we're fishing, how's Bob Shannon? In a message dated 6/7/2017 7:40:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jerry.whitteri...@albertsons.com writes: I thought he retired - but not positive -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Cool virtual tour of Bletchley Park

Superb. Velly well done. In a message dated 6/7/2017 8:35:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time, dbo...@sinenomine.net writes: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=Vz8kCqGRjQA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Rexx SORT (was: ... Job Scheduler ... )

Paul Gilmartin asked: >Is that true for even the newest release? They're still testing it? John Hartmann may be retired but he ain't dead. >How does one transfer PIPE MODULE S from CMS to z/OS and get a usable >program object? Re-link it? I believe so. >Is it legal? Not sure. But check out

Cool virtual tour of Bletchley Park

Thanks to our UK friends for making this tour available. It’s really well done (if your kids have VR goggles, this is a cool demo), and most of the machines are active and running something. The ICL machine in this exhibit is running the MDL version of Adventure. A new 3D,

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Ted MacNeil?

Well, that's no excuse for leaving the list! On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 8:40 PM, Jerry Whitteridge < jerry.whitteri...@albertsons.com> wrote: > I thought he retired - but not positive. > > Jerry Whitteridge > Manager Mainframe Systems & Storage > Albertsons - Safeway Inc. > 623 869 5523 > Corporate

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Sendind OMVS doc to IBM ecurep

If you are having troubles with HFS, please convert over to a zFS. They are much more robust. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 8:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU

Re: Sendind OMVS doc to IBM ecurep

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 8:47 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > My thought would be to DFDSS Dump the HFS file and send that to IBM. > > Lizette > > ​Due to lack on DASD space on a guest account, I often use DFDSS to dump a zFS linear DS to a sequential DS and then use AMDTERSE

Re: How to call VS COBOL II RES program from COBOL V5.2-enabled assembler?

Thanks for the idea of trying init_main_dp and IGZERRE together, I will try that and see if it flies. These are non-LE-enabled assembler main programs (and some E15/E35 exits) calling VS COBOL II subroutines. Some of those COBOL subroutines can and will be recompiled to eCOBOL 4.2 first and

Re: John's spare time ... Job Scheduler Programmer Architect?

On 7/06/2017 2:08 AM, Rob Schramm wrote: That is one surprising thing about Rexx and sort.. that Rexx doesn't have built in support to call sort without a rigamarole. It's difficult to implement a generic sort in REXX because functions are not first class objects. For example, using the

Re: Sendind OMVS doc to IBM ecurep

My thought would be to DFDSS Dump the HFS file and send that to IBM. Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Noach.Holger UHN > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 4:29 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject:

Re: Psst...It's not really a secret

How long before it outgrows 31 and needs to be made 64? On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 7:58 AM, Tom Conley wrote: > On 6/7/2017 6:03 AM, Edward Finnell wrote: > >> Ibm-main is 31! >> Been quite a ride. Kudos to Darren for tending us this long and all the >> developers and