Re: Help please with symbols in a lower-case SET operand

2014-12-14 Thread Mitch
Shmuel, I am trying to follow what you are asking, but am unsure Are you saying there is something in a JCL environment that should be reported as an error, but it is not, until execution? Mitch -Original Message- From: Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net

Re: Setting a lonnnnng SLIP trap

2014-12-14 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In cy1pr0101mb076351ce69bc7140c03659c2ce...@cy1pr0101mb0763.prod.exchangelabs.com, on 12/13/2014 at 06:53 PM, J O Skip Robinson jo.skip.robin...@sce.com said: Since there's no actual WTOR, I cannot invoke a second REXX to continue the conversation. What are you trying to say? If you can

Re: Help please with symbols in a lower-case SET operand

2014-12-14 Thread Clem Clarke
Using Jol, it could be easily done this way: FOO=19; BAR='/my/lower/case/uss/folder/' || '%FOO/'; or more simply: BAR='/my/lower/case/uss/folder/%FOO/'; The result is: /my/lower/case/uss/folder/19/ This can be used in a Dsname field; Clement Clarke www.Oscar-jol.com. Download Jol ZOS

Re: PARMDD?

2014-12-14 Thread Clem Clarke
Jol has had * IF statements for Symbolic Variables and Return Codes, * Symbolic Variable Replacement in Card Image Files, * Nested Procedures, * Data Card Image files in Procs * Simplified JCL Syntax * 3270 CUA Compliant Full Screen Panel instruction and much for over 30 years. A few years ago,

Re: Setting a lonnnnng SLIP trap

2014-12-14 Thread Peter Relson
What comes to mind (but I might be mis-thinking a bit) is that the intent is that the OPER TSO command really should not be used; that has been true for many years. You can define a TSO ID as a console. This is far more flexible. Others can speak with far more knowledge about that than I. I

Re: ftp rdw

2014-12-14 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:54:26 -0600, Paul Edwards mutazi...@gmail.com wrote: I don't have z/OS so I can't do this myself. Would someone who has z/OS be able to raise an issue either directly with IBM or via SHARE? The problem is that IBM's ftp has a great option to preserve RDW when transferring

Re: Setting a lonnnnng SLIP trap

2014-12-14 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:33:12 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net wrote: In cy1pr0101mb076351ce69bc7140c03659c2ce...@cy1pr0101mb0763.prod.exchangelabs.com, on 12/13/2014 at 06:53 PM, J O Skip Robinson jo.skip.robin...@sce.com said: Since there's no actual WTOR, I

Re: ftp rdw

2014-12-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 08:54:18 -0600, Walt Farrell wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:54:26 -0600, Paul Edwards wrote: I don't have z/OS so I can't do this myself. Would someone who has z/OS be able to raise an issue either directly with IBM or via SHARE? The problem is that IBM's ftp has a great

Re: ftp rdw

2014-12-14 Thread John McKown
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Paul Gilmartin 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote: ​snip​ If the OP hasn't access to z/OS, his interest must be only academic. I'll suggest the alternative sequence from the remote system: BINARY QUOTE TYPE E QUOTE MODE B

Re: Setting a lonnnnng SLIP trap

2014-12-14 Thread J O Skip Robinson
Right on Walt. But I swore decades ago never to write a new CLIST. I’m too old to change. ;-))) . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com -Original

Re: Setting a lonnnnng SLIP trap

2014-12-14 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 19:44:07 +, J O Skip Robinson jo.skip.robin...@sce.com wrote: Right on Walt. But I swore decades ago never to write a new CLIST. I'm too old to change. ;-))) Sorry, Skip, but you need the right tool for the job, and sometimes CLIST is it :) (But using Console instead

Re: ftp rdw

2014-12-14 Thread Paul Edwards
If the OP hasn't access to z/OS, his interest must be only academic. I wish to distribute VB files (developed on MVS/380) via PC, with z/OS as a target. I don't want BDW, just the RDW format that ftp produces. I'm very happy with the RDW format that IBM's ftp produces, I just want it to be

Re: ftp rdw

2014-12-14 Thread John McKown
As gil indicated, in the ftp, do QUOTE STRU R BIN GET MVS.FILE On the other end, do the same, but do a PUT instead of a GET (u know that, just being complete). On the upload, u also need a QUOT SITE to set the allocation and DCB parameters as well (again just being complete) On Dec 14, 2014 9:08

Re: ftp rdw

2014-12-14 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 21:08:03 -0600, Paul Edwards wrote: I wish to distribute VB files (developed on MVS/380) via PC, with z/OS as a target. I don't want BDW, just the RDW format that ftp produces. I'm very happy with the RDW format that IBM's ftp produces, I just want it to be reversible. STRU

Re: Setting a lonnnnng SLIP trap

2014-12-14 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Walt Farrell wrote: Right on Walt. But I swore decades ago never to write a new CLIST. I'm too old to change. ;-))) Sorry, Skip, but you need the right tool for the job, and sometimes CLIST is it :) You can use REXX (or CLIST) + Console function, but, for REXX, then you need to figure out a