Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2013-08-14, at 23:29, Ted MacNEIL wrote: > I understand. > But, that's why there are standards. > You backed down when you shouldn't have. > But he had blindsided me with a fait accompli. By the time I attempted integration and got the RENT warning from IFOX00, he was able to argue that ther

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I understand. But, that's why there are standards. You backed down when you shouldn't have. My complaint is the dictatorial SYSPROG. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -Original Message- From: Paul Gilmartin Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Date:

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 03:04:35 +, Ted MacNEIL wrote: >>are limited by their sysprogs in whatever they can or cannot do (up to the >>point of not having any say in what compiler option they could or could not >>use in their COBOL applications.) > >Their SYSPROGs have too much power! >Applicatio

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread David Crayford
On 15/08/2013 11:04 AM, Ted MacNEIL wrote: are limited by their sysprogs in whatever they can or cannot do (up to the point of not having any say in what compiler option they could or could not use in their COBOL applications.) Their SYSPROGs have too much power! Applications Programmers are t

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>are limited by their sysprogs in whatever they can or cannot do (up to the >point of not having any say in what compiler option they could or could not >use in their COBOL applications.) Their SYSPROGs have too much power! Applications Programmers are there to facilitate the business. So are

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread Ze'ev Atlas
Paul Gilmartin said: >You fail to appreciate how much making them UNIX directories could >have decomplicated your life. I suspect one of the Dovetailed utilities >could let you do a local spawn of a UNIX executable using the unneutered >names and propagating DDNAMES. (Or perhaps BPXWUNIX if you e

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread Ze'ev Atlas
John Gilmore said: >Recall that while a PDSE member name may be at most 8 of the usual >characters in length, an alias of such a member name may be at most >1024 characters in length from an enlarged character set. If then you >have a routine name R that is immediately usable as a PDSE member >nam

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:14:16 -0500, Ze'ev Atlas wrote: >>Excellent! Making them PDSEs will decomplicate your life. > >No, it won't. PDSEs are fine and easier to work with then PDSs > >My main issues were > >There is no easy way to load members to a library that is defined VB, 255 >(IEBUPDTE did

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread John Gilmore
The scheme you have outlined will certainly do the job. It is perhaps more labor-intensive than it needs to be. Recall that while a PDSE member name may be at most 8 of the usual characters in length, an alias of such a member name may be at most 1024 characters in length from an enlarged charact

Re: z/OS 1.13 Last date to order ServerPac

2013-08-14 Thread Tom Wasik
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Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread Ze'ev Atlas
>Excellent! Making them PDSEs will decomplicate your life. No, it won't. PDSEs are fine and easier to work with then PDSs My main issues were There is no easy way to load members to a library that is defined VB, 255 (IEBUPDTE did not work on that best). I guess I could have used individual

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread John Gilmore
Excellent! Making them PDSEs will decomplicate your life. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM

Re: Coping Unix files

2013-08-14 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <7806785360373454.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 08/13/2013 at 03:47 PM, Paul Gilmartin said: >I believe SYSPROC, SYSOUT, SYSPRINT, and SYSIN are superfluous. They are in this case. SYSPROC and SYSEXEC are only needed if you invoke command procedures (CLIST, REXX) from them. S

Re: MVS ROUTE command is a bad influence on DB2 ERLY code

2013-08-14 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 08/13/2013 at 07:17 PM, Peter Relson said: >>It's surprising to me that simply routing the command causes >>a different linklst to be used (guessing the old one). >It should be surprising. It is not possible. That depends on what "it" is. If the command is processed in a different a

PDSE (was: C issue - 'struct stat')

2013-08-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:57:31 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: >It is very late in the day to introduce a new PDS as opposed to PDSE >library of this sort. > It can be environmentally dictated. In our lab we have more systems at more releases (some unsupported, but you know how customers are) than para

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread Ze'ev Atlas
>It is very late in the day to introduce a new PDS as opposed to PDSE >library of this sort. The loadlib and some other libraries are indeed PDSE (I used the word PDS loosly) ZA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acc

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread Ze'ev Atlas
bernd wrote >Normally, if you compile C sources you got from "somewhere" on z/OS >using the more classical compiler options, this is no problem, unless you >have external function names that are longer than 8 characters and that >don't differ in their first 8 characters, and for such situations, >

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread John Gilmore
It is very late in the day to introduce a new PDS as opposed to PDSE library of this sort. Moreover, while PDSE members must have at most eight-character principal names they may have long aliases. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA

Re: C issue - 'struct stat'

2013-08-14 Thread Ze'ev Atlas
Bernd wrote >shortening the functions' names to 8, upper case characters, COBOL API, etc. >I suggest you consider adding #pragma maps for the long function names; >if you do this, you don't need to change nothing else. The distribution to classic z/OS is PDS oriented and I was specifically asked

CICS & ACF2 z/OS Systems Programmer at The University of Chicago

2013-08-14 Thread Todd Last
The University of Chicago will soon be posting a position for a z/OS Systems Programmer with a minimum 10+ years of experience in CICS and ACF2 installation and administration. Todd Last Team Lead, Mainframe Systems The University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60613 tl...@uchicago.edu -

Re: How to diagnose 2F3

2013-08-14 Thread Jim Mulder
> In developing a new TCP/IP application I am causing our z/OS system to crash > and I don't know how to determine the cause. The only clue I can find is in > the output for the job that was running, which shows an S2F3 abend code. > After re-IPLing, the JES console shows typical application mes

Re: MVS ROUTE command is a bad influence on DB2 ERLY code

2013-08-14 Thread Jim Mooney
>...I'm going to make a guess that the OP is using SDSF to issue the commands Yes, all commands were done in SDSF. -Jim -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu w

Re: MVS ROUTE command is a bad influence on DB2 ERLY code

2013-08-14 Thread Jim Mooney
>>It's surprising to me that simply routing the command causes >>a different linklst to be used (guessing the old one). >It should be surprising. It is not possible. With all due respect and my humble thanks for your input, for the record, this is an inaccurate blanket statement. Someone may

How to diagnose 2F3

2013-08-14 Thread Patrick Roehl
In developing a new TCP/IP application I am causing our z/OS system to crash and I don't know how to determine the cause. The only clue I can find is in the output for the job that was running, which shows an S2F3 abend code. After re-IPLing, the JES console shows typical application messages and

Re: ca - reclaim for hsm, rmm, cdses (and ucats??)

2013-08-14 Thread Staller, Allan
ISTR that CA-RECLAIM was a z/OS 1.12 feature. At any rate, I have been using this for DFHSM cds's and all other VSAM KSDS's since shortly after I converted to z/OS 1.13 in 03/2012 w/no issues (I skipped z/OS 1.12). It seems to work as advertised, drastically reducing the frequency of CDS re-org

ca - reclaim for hsm, rmm, cdses (and ucats??)

2013-08-14 Thread Michael Bieganski
Hello, we just upgraded our last lpar to zos 1.13 so now have the option of utilizing the ca-reclaim option. As of now, it is not defined in our parmlib so is dormant. I have both an rmm cds and an hsm bcds reorg necessary in the upcoming months and was wondering if anyone has experience yet wit

Re: Rexx Compile

2013-08-14 Thread Dr. Rick Williams
Thank you sir!! Dr. Rick Williams ---Original Message--- From: Thomas Berg Date: 8/14/2013 11:16:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Rexx Compile This should work I think (simple example!): //REXXCOMP EXEC PGM=REXXCOMP, // PARM='SLINE(AUTO),NOCEXEC,DLINK,PRINT,SOURC

New SHARE Blog Post - Live from Boston

2013-08-14 Thread Ed Jaffe
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Re: Rexx Compile

2013-08-14 Thread Thomas Berg
This should work I think (simple example!): //REXXCOMP EXEC PGM=REXXCOMP, // PARM='SLINE(AUTO),NOCEXEC,DLINK,PRINT,SOURCE,XREF' //* = //STEPLIB DDDISP=SHR,DSN=REXX.SFANLMD REXX COMPILER LOAD LIB //S

segment question

2013-08-14 Thread Crabtree, Anne D
I have an ETR in on this, but I have a feeling that person helping me is west coast! I work 6am-2pm EDT and was hoping for answer today! Thought I would seek help from all you VM experts. While trying to apply maintenance on vm 6.2, I got the following error: SV:VMFP2P1965E The command, CP SEN

Re: load module scan

2013-08-14 Thread Schumacher, Otto
There is a product call EDGE Profolio Analysis that supports load modules. The product only supported modules stored in PDS's. The last time I used the product did not support PDSE's. The product was not expensive but I do not know the current price for the product. Regards Otto H Schumacher

Re: load module scan

2013-08-14 Thread John P Kalinich
Options in effect -- ADV QUOTE DATA(31) NODECK NODUMP NODYNAMNOFASTSRT LIB LIST MAP NONUM OBJ NOOFFSET OPTIMIZE OUTDD(Supplied) NUMPROC(NOPFD) NORENT RES SEQ

Re: load module scan

2013-08-14 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
And more importantly CBT file 321, COBANAL, which does a passable job of extracting the COBOL options directly from the load module code. IIRC File 330 only provides an ISPF skin for COBANAL and not COBANAL itself. HTH Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailt

Re: Rexx Compile

2013-08-14 Thread Dr. Rick Williams
I was wondering, would anyone out there have the necessary JCL required to compile an link a rexx routine? Thanks! Dr. Rick Williams -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists..

Re: load module scan

2013-08-14 Thread Doug
File Manager has some nice loadmod functions if you have it.. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2013, at 7:51, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > John Gilmore wrote: > >> What AMBLIST does, and all it does, is make IDRs (IDentification >> Records)---They are generated by the binder in response to IDE

Re: MVS ROUTE command is a bad influence on DB2 ERLY code

2013-08-14 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:17:49 -0400, Peter Relson wrote: >Route does little more than send the command to another system. On that >system that command may be processed by some number of system address >spaces (such as master, consoles). Each will use whatever its lnklst is. > >I don't know by what

Re: load module scan

2013-08-14 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
John Gilmore wrote: >What AMBLIST does, and all it does, is make IDRs (IDentification >Records)---They are generated by the binder in response to IDENTIFY statements >in its input stream---available. This I know. Whew! :-D >If a compiler propagates information about the options that were used

Re: load module scan

2013-08-14 Thread John Gilmore
What AMBLIST does, and all it does, is make IDRs (IDentification Records)---They are generated by the binder in response to IDENTIFY statements in its input stream---available. If a compiler propagates information about the options that were used in a compilation, AMBLIST makes it available. If n

Re: z/TPF question

2013-08-14 Thread John Gilmore
I have found that the use of z/OS facilities in configuring z/TPF can now in fact be avoided, although other, less satisfactory external ones must be used instead. The original context of Dr Johnson's celebrated observation---He was comparing a woman preaching to a dog walking on its hind legs---i

Re: load module scan

2013-08-14 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
John Gilmore wrote: >Look also at the IBM utility program AMBLIST. Unless I missed something obvious, I believe AMBLIST shows the binder options/results of options, not COBOL compiler options. However I know some compiler options are propagated to binder unless it is overriden. Perhaps could

Re: What is the procedure to protect the MCS consoles?

2013-08-14 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 03:28:40 -0500 Victor Hugo Ochoa Avila wrote: :>Hello everyone. :>A question. :>What is the procedure to protect the MCS consoles? :>I need to protect consoles with RACF, and allow access to a particular group support. CONSOLxx DEFAULT LOGON(REQUIRED) -- Binyamin Disse

Re: What is the procedure to protect the MCS consoles?

2013-08-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2013-08-14 10:28, Victor Hugo Ochoa Avila pisze: Hello everyone. A question. What is the procedure to protect the MCS consoles? I need to protect consoles with RACF, and allow access to a particular group support. 1. Protect resources, not tools. Console is rather tool than resource. T

Re: load module scan

2013-08-14 Thread John Gilmore
Look also at the IBM utility program AMBLIST. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

What is the procedure to protect the MCS consoles?

2013-08-14 Thread Victor Hugo Ochoa Avila
Hello everyone. A question. What is the procedure to protect the MCS consoles? I need to protect consoles with RACF, and allow access to a particular group support. Thanks and regards ATTE Victor Avila -- For IBM-MAIN subscrib

Re: Catalog resizing approach

2013-08-14 Thread mf db
Dump and restore. On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Gibney, Dave wrote: > I wouldn't think that would be required or all that useful. What method > did you choose to use for the reorg? > > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > >

Re: load module scan

2013-08-14 Thread Itschak Mugzach
see file 330 on cbttape.org. ITschak On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Ron Thomas wrote: > Hello. From the load module i need to get all compiler options that is > used to build the code(cobol.db2). Pls some one let us know is there any > standard routines to get this information? > > > Thank

Re: Catalog resizing approach

2013-08-14 Thread Gibney, Dave
I wouldn't think that would be required or all that useful. What method did you choose to use for the reorg? > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of mf db > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:12 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV

Re: Catalog resizing approach

2013-08-14 Thread mf db
Thanks all for your opinions and great suggestions. The environment is like Intended usercat is connected to all the Mastercatalog. So after the CATALOG rebuild, a F CATALOG,RESTART would be a good choice to refresh the entries ? On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: > On Tue, 13

load module scan

2013-08-14 Thread Ron Thomas
Hello. From the load module i need to get all compiler options that is used to build the code(cobol.db2). Pls some one let us know is there any standard routines to get this information? Thanks, Ron T -- For IBM-MAIN subscrib