PCRE for z/OS - a usage survey

2013-12-16 Thread Ze'ev Atlas
I ported the PCRE - Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library to native classic z/OS about a year ago and kept up with maintenance.  The current version on my website zaconsultants.net is 8.33.  PCRE 8.34 has just been released and I am about to begin porting it to z/OS.  There is a major

Re: z/OS 2.1 DVD Collection - Software Products

2013-12-16 Thread Kevin Minerley
When I was re-assigned to the various collection kits about three years ago, I checked the coverage of the platform. When I worked on the initial releases back in MVS days, we covered 95-99% of the entire platform including much of the ITSO offerings. When I re-inherited the zOS

Service disruption?

2013-12-16 Thread Richards, Robert B.
Anyone else having trouble getting to http://service.boulder.ibm.com ? Bob -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: z/OS 2.1 DVD Collection - Software Products

2013-12-16 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 06:13:38 -0600, Kevin Minerley wrote: Can we go back to a monolithic collection? No. The corporate direction to Information Centers and, soon, Knowledge Centers (KC) -- especially the latter -- is supposed to help re-federate information. KC is currently in beta.

Re: COBOL IN SRB Mode (Was Un-authorized caller)

2013-12-16 Thread Shane Ginnane
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:37:37 -0600, Russ Teubner wrote: I must add that this break-even assessment is a moving target because zOS processor switching overhead seems to be trending down (and our own code paths are getting shorter). Note also that the model of the System z hardware makes a big

Re: z/OS 2.1 DVD Collection - Software Products

2013-12-16 Thread Kevin Minerley
Until KC is fully in place, we will try to provide quarterly updates of the elements and features xks shelves when they change and we do try to ensure the are ALS indexed so that the search is nearly that of a BOO (it uses a BKI under the covers against the PDFs). This includes task shelves

Space Switch Entry Tables in different Job Step

2013-12-16 Thread esst...@juno.com
Hi, Im reviewing the z/OS Extended Addressability Guide - Synchronous Cross Memory Communication - Considerations Before Using Cross Memory - Restrictions Third bullet Only One step of a job can establish ownership of space switch entry tables. Subsequent job steps cannot issue

Geek Is Now A Praiseword, Not An Insult Apparently - Forbes

2013-12-16 Thread Mark Regan
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/12/16/geek-is-now-a-praiseword-not-an-insult-apparently/   Thanks, Mark Regan -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Geek Is Now A Praiseword, Not An Insult Apparently - Forbes

2013-12-16 Thread John McKown
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Mark Regan netsfw-ibmm...@yahoo.comwrote: http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/12/16/geek-is-now-a-praiseword-not-an-insult-apparently/ So, they finally realized that without us, they can't actually get their pay? Or their streaming Internet.

Re: Geek Is Now A Praiseword, Not An Insult Apparently - Forbes

2013-12-16 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:46:43 -0800, Mark Regan wrote: http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/12/16/geek-is-now-a-praiseword-not-an-insult-apparently/ Could Legacy be next? -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Geek Is Now A Praiseword, Not An Insult Apparently - Forbes

2013-12-16 Thread Pommier, Rex
We can only hope. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 10:54 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Geek Is Now A Praiseword, Not An Insult Apparently - Forbes On Mon,

Re: Geek Is Now A Praiseword, Not An Insult Apparently - Forbes

2013-12-16 Thread Scott Ford
Say amen , someone woke up and realized what most of us knew for a lot of years. Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' On Dec 16, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Pommier, Rex rpomm...@sfgmembers.com wrote: We can only hope. -Original Message-

Re: Space Switch Entry Tables in different Job Step

2013-12-16 Thread Rob Scott
Paul, You are in a manual that is discussing cross-memory - it is therefore not talking about PC-cp. The LXRES macro states that : The linkage index reservation applies across all linkage tables in the system and remains in effect until one of the following happens: o An LXFRE macro

Re: Geek Is Now A Praiseword, Not An Insult Apparently - Forbes

2013-12-16 Thread John Gilmore
This is not, it would seem, a new development. My grandson tells me that there is an entire affluent 'geek chic' marketplace, informal but expensive as in Hermès flipflops, for affluent silicon-valley geeks. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA

Re: Geek Is Now A Praiseword, Not An Insult Apparently - Forbes

2013-12-16 Thread Mike Schwab
No, just can't use Debit / Credit / SNAP card, Airline tickets, etc. On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:51 AM, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Mark Regan netsfw-ibmm...@yahoo.comwrote:

Re: EXCP Counts in SMF Exit

2013-12-16 Thread William Richardson
Skip, Sorry for the delayed response (I am using the Summary 'Digest' notification here); a couple of general questions about your original note on this thread .. your note refers to using an 'exit' are you actually referring to an SMF IEFACTRT Step/Job Termination exit that gets control

Re: Geek Is Now A Praiseword, Not An Insult Apparently - Forbes

2013-12-16 Thread Scott Ford
John, Ran into ppl, including a customer who thought us highly tech types were a dime a dozen. I won't go into my response in front of a non technical sales team. To coin a phase the didn't gave a clue or cared. Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD 'Infinite wisdom through infinite

Re: OMVS UID display

2013-12-16 Thread Tony Harminc
On 14 December 2013 22:16, venkat kulkarni venkatkulkarn...@gmail.com wrote: From z/OS unix command manual 1) whoami displays a user name associated with the effective user ID. 2) To display your login name, use who am i 3) who displays information about users who are logged into the system

timezone time offset in HMC image profile with standard time of day in same sysplex.

2013-12-16 Thread Ken Klein (TEMA TPC)
We're having trouble with 1 lpar in a different timezone since we went with STP in a new zBC12. We used to specify the timezone offset in the CLOCK00 member in parmlib, but now apparently that is ignored. It seems to me we just need to select Logical partition time offset instead of Standard

Re: Space Switch Entry Tables in different Job Step

2013-12-16 Thread Jim Mulder
For some software, the CMROT will be the jobstep TCB of the started task (or job) for the server - other software product might just attach a separate do nothing task to own the resources. The CMROT (whose address is in ASCBXTCB) is always the jobstep task of the started task or job,

Re: timezone time offset in HMC image profile with standard time of day in same sysplex.

2013-12-16 Thread Jousma, David
Ken, In the CLOCK member, we code STPMODE YES STPZONE NO TIMEDELTA 10 OPERATOR NOPROMPT TIMEZONE W.05.00.00 /* STPZONE */ /* SPECIFIES WHETHER THE SYSTEM IS TO GET THE TIME

Re: Space Switch Entry Tables in different Job Step

2013-12-16 Thread Jim Mulder
Third bullet Only One step of a job can establish ownership of space switch entry tables. Subsequent job steps cannot issue LXRES, AXRES or ETCRE macros. That is correct. Once a job has done an ETCRE for an entry table which contains at least one space switch entry, LXRES, AXRES, and ETCRE

Re: OMVS UID display

2013-12-16 Thread Scott Ford
Here are the commands from our z/OS 1.13 system: IBM Licensed Material - Property of IBM 5694-A01 Copyright IBM Corp. 1993, 2011 (C) Copyright Mortice Kern Systems, Inc., 1985, 1996. (C) Copyright Software Development Group, University of Waterloo, 1989.   All Rights Reserved.   U.S. Government

Re: EXCP Counts in SMF Exit

2013-12-16 Thread Skip Robinson
I didn't make clear in the original posting that this is an IEFACTRT component. I had thought in the beginning that the code was based 'AN OLD VERSION OF CODE NOW SUPPLIED IN SYS1.SAMPLIB(IEEACTRT)' (per a comment in the usermod) but scouring SAMPLIB for the particular lines in question

Re: Managing the OMVS Root zFS FileSystem

2013-12-16 Thread Lucas Rosalen
Hello Donald, Just adding some more to your discussion. Always mount the root as READ (yeah, easy to say... I don't have root mounted as READ where I work). Applications/users should NOT update root, they have their own directories for that (/usr/lpp/x , /u , etc). I very often apply

Re: Geek Is Now A Praiseword, Not An Insult Apparently - Forbes

2013-12-16 Thread Roger W. Suhr
Definitions of 'legacy' [leg-uh-see] Dictionary.com - (Showing 1 definitions) (noun) 1. anything bequeathed Find more definitions for legacy on Dictionary.com » Synonyms: Bequest Birthright Devise Endowment Aid Alimony Allocation Allotment Bequeathal

Re: EXCP Counts in SMF Exit

2013-12-16 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 14:31 -0800 on 12/16/2013, Skip Robinson wrote about Re: EXCP Counts in SMF Exit: The tricky part is developing and testing for (what appears to be) a rare case. In the overwhelming majority of cases, EXCP counts show up in the first or only record section. Suggestion - Find a case where

Re: COBOL IN SRB Mode (Was Un-authorized caller)

2013-12-16 Thread David Crayford
On 16/12/2013 2:37 PM, Russ Teubner wrote: For example, zIIP enabling our core HostBridge products, Base and JSE (our CICS-based JavaScript Engine), was a no-brainer Likewise with HB Socket Support (zIIP-enabled EZASOKET alternative). On the other hand, our COBOL/BMS utility transactions???

Re: EXCP Counts in SMF Exit

2013-12-16 Thread Ed Gould
SKIP: Carry over code is easy to just carry over without realizing you are carrying over bad code . It nice to sit back and think Done no more to worry about. I have done this myself. I was in a installation and found that the author just copied code and (from an old IPO no less) bing

Re: Geek Is Now A Praiseword, Not An Insult Apparently - Forbes

2013-12-16 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Roger W. Suhr wrote: Definitions of 'legacy' [leg-uh-see] (noun) 1. anything bequeathed Interesting definition. Thanks. But according to non z/Os geeks 'legacy' is: obsolete, outdated, antique, etc. or something like that ... That legacy green screen thing must be replaced by our

Re: COBOL IN SRB Mode (Was Un-authorized caller)

2013-12-16 Thread Russ Teubner
Our current server-side JavaScript (SSJS) engine is based on SpiderMonkey. This is the version that we zIIP enabled. Note, however, that since SM was never conceived as running in a System z environment, it's certainly *not* a typical SM distribution. Our prior version (which many customers

Re: COBOL IN SRB Mode (Was Un-authorized caller)

2013-12-16 Thread David Crayford
On 17/12/2013 2:18 PM, Russ Teubner wrote: Our current server-side JavaScript (SSJS) engine is based on SpiderMonkey. This is the version that we zIIP enabled. Note, however, that since SM was never conceived as running in a System z environment, it's certainly *not* a typical SM