I remembered that
(:) prefix command line (primary command) can execute line command
Command ===> :hx
Command ===> :i
Command ===> :r
etc ...
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=commands-line
You can enter edit line commands as primary commands on the command line by
prefixing them with
Thank you for your relevant and helpful comments. They are very much
appreciated, as I omitted some topics. I'll do my best to address them
here. Pardon the lack of brevity.
Concerning EXECIO:
Yes, the z/OS and z/VM EXECIO versions are mostly incompatible.
Once you have Pipes you don't
On Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:53:18 -0500, Hobart Spitz wrote:
>...
>Once you have Pipes you don't need or want EXECIO. ...
>
At times the effort of converting existing art outweighs the benefit. And
POSIX
pipes are portable to desktop systems; CMS/TSO Pipelines is not.
> - Pipes can read
This is my first post since leaving SCE. When I left, I had to give up my
laptop and all files. So yesterday I set about reestablishing myself on
IBM-MAIN. I took a lot of tries, but I think I got it right.
While at SCE, I had trouble with IBM-MAIN setup. Folks on the List
explained that some
At least in z/OS 2.4, the documentation states that you can't issue a line
command from a macro. RFE?
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of
Weizman arbel
Sent: Sunday, September 19,
On Sun, 19 Sep 2021 13:58:01 -0700, Skip Robinson wrote:
>This is my first post since leaving SCE. When I left, I had to give up my
>laptop and all files. So yesterday I set about reestablishing myself on
>IBM-MAIN. I took a lot of tries, but I think I got it right.
>
Welcome back.
>While at
On Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:53:18 -0500, Hobart Spitz wrote:
>...
>Concerning EXECIO:
> - Pipes can read from or write to either a DD or a dataset. z/OS EXECIO
> can only use a DD.
>
o Can that DD be allocated to a UNIX file, with FILEDATA any of BINARY, TEXT,
or RECORD?
o Is it savvy to
