Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Martin Packer
Of course I GET that. The ELHO acronym is one I'll remember and - staring up at the green card facsimile on my wall (thanks to John Ehrman) - I can see how it works. But Unconditional being all 4 bits set was what I wanted elucidation on. Perhaps I'm being thick, or perhaps it's a special case.

Re: Old code in JES Exit 6

2016-02-11 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Ed Jaffe wrote: > Gibney, David Allen,Jr wrote: > > With z/OS 2.1, the field JPCEIOT is no longer in $CNVWORK. > Ugh! There is no record whatsoever in the macro prolog of this field being > removed. There are, however, two change IDs of folks that might have been > responsible for doing so:

AW: Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
> My suggested solution is to change the SORTIT step to use IDCAMS, something > like: > > //COPYIT EXEC PGM=IDCAMS I'm guessing that in your real job you want SORT to do more than simply copy the data. Why would you need the copy the data otherwise Keeping your SORT step you could rena

Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Gould
On Feb 11, 2016, at 11:33 PM, Anthony Thompson wrote: He did code WAIT. I stand corrected (I usually put wait at the end). My premise is still there but not sure how to get the program to wait until DFHSM has created it then? Ed --

Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-11 Thread Anthony Thompson
He did code WAIT. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Friday, 12 February 2016 3:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch. I think what is happening is that

Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Gould
I think what is happening is that the HSEND command is done asynchronously and therefor the dataset has not been created when the dfsort step runs. You might code wait and that should help. Ed On Feb 11, 2016, at 9:06 AM, Vince Getgood wrote: Hi all, I've discovered some very odd behaviou

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Gould
On Feb 11, 2016, at 8:50 AM, R.S. wrote: DD name points to dataset. A program can or cannot read all the members. Examples: IEBPTPCH - can print all the members And PUNCH :) IEBCOPY - can copy all the members -- For IBM-

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Gould
Martin, The retcode is all important here for condition code checking in later steps. Ed On Feb 11, 2016, at 8:26 AM, Martin Packer wrote: Humour me and tell us all what setting the 4 bits in 15 means here. I had actually looked at the green card on my home office wall (no really) and

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Gould
On Feb 11, 2016, at 8:34 AM, John McKown wrote: On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Ed Gould wrote: John, There *MAY* be a way, albeit adding an extra step to do so. But I don't think that is what he wanted. ​I think so too. I already _have_ a way to do something like what the OP wanted

Re: CSVFETCH exit

2016-02-11 Thread Leonardo Vaz
I believe TADz might not be an option for many shops due to pricing vs gains since it's hard to measure the gains. This exit could prove pretty useful when TADz is not available. Having a documented programming interface for this is just golden. Thanks IBM :) Leo Original Message From: Tom

Re: CSVFETCH exit

2016-02-11 Thread Leonardo Vaz
Thanks for letting me know Rex :) zLeo Original Message From: Pommier, Rex Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 5:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: CSVFETCH exit Leo, The list has been reached. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainf

Re: CSVFETCH exit

2016-02-11 Thread Leonardo Vaz
Wow, ‎thanks for the info and thanks for submitting the requirement. Very useful indeed. ‎ Leo Original Message From: Ed Jaffe Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 5:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: CSVFETCH exit On 2/11/2016 1:46 PM, Leonard

Re: CSVFETCH exit

2016-02-11 Thread Tom Brennan
I guess I missed the first post. It interests me, maybe because at one time (when I had not much to do) I wrote some SVC hooks that did similar monitoring, and crazy enough, my code actually made it to production where it was of some use over time. I think this was late-1990's, maybe before T

Re: Old code in JES Exit 6

2016-02-11 Thread Gibney, David Allen,Jr
Thanks Ed. I cross-posted, but did not say so to JES2-L I remember Tom from the last time I made it to SHARE. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 4:41 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LIS

Re: Old code in JES Exit 6

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/11/2016 2:42 PM, Gibney, David Allen,Jr wrote: With z/OS 2.1, the field JPCEIOT is no longer in $CNVWORK. Ugh! There is no record whatsoever in the macro prolog of this field being removed. There are, however, two change IDs of folks that might have been responsible for doing so: $Z21L

Re: CSVFETCH exit

2016-02-11 Thread wjanulin
Sounds like there are not that many users on zOS 2.2 just yet. Bill J Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone -- Original message-- From: Pommier, Rex Date: Thu, Feb 11, 2016 7:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU; Subject:Re: CSVFETCH exit Leo, The list has been reached. Rex -Orig

Old code in JES Exit 6

2016-02-11 Thread Gibney, David Allen,Jr
The following code has been in our JES2 exit 6 since before I started (so like maybe 40 years :) ?). The intent is to cause jobs with special forms to print on ordinary paper when their JCL fails. With z/OS 2.1, the field JPCEIOT is no longer in $CNVWORK. SIS and Google for JPCEIOT is not helpf

Re: CSVFETCH exit

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/11/2016 1:46 PM, Leonardo Vaz wrote: Am I the only one excited about this new exit on the discussion list or is my email not reaching the list at all? You are not the only one. This exit is the result of SHARE requirement SSMVSE11018 that I authored and submitted in July 2011: Title:

Re: CSVFETCH exit

2016-02-11 Thread Pommier, Rex
Leo, The list has been reached. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Leonardo Vaz Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 3:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: CSVFETCH exit I will take the lack of response as a

Re: CSVFETCH exit

2016-02-11 Thread Leonardo Vaz
I will take the lack of response as a "no". Am I the only one excited about this new exit on the discussion list or is my email not reaching the list at all? Leo From: Leonardo Vaz Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 5:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: CSVFETCH exit CSVFETCH seems to

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Gord Tomlin
On 2016-02-11 15:46, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Does anyone else (Google doesn't) remember the ELHO acronym? > Isn't that the lead-in for extended SMTP protocol exchange? Almost... "EHLO". -- Regards, Gord Tomlin Action Software International (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) Tel: (905)

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:22:36 +, David L. Craig wrote: > >Does anyone else (Google doesn't) remember the ELHO acronym? > Isn't that the lead-in for extended SMTP protocol exchange? -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Query on IPLing with 64 bit

2016-02-11 Thread Jim Mulder
> I had thought (but I can't cite) that LPSW is sensitive to the > difference between > a scrunched and a nonscrunched PSW (flag bit in a CR or in the PSW itself?) > and capable of interpreting either correctly. In z/Architecture, the LPSW operand is a 64-bit ESA/390-format PSW, which LPSW ex

Re: Query on IPLing with 64 bit

2016-02-11 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:44:54 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >I had thought (but I can't cite) that LPSW is sensitive to the difference >between >a scrunched and a nonscrunched PSW (flag bit in a CR or in the PSW itself?) >and capable of interpreting either correctly. LPSW loads a 64-bit PSW. LPSWE

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Finnell
We had one in early XA ESP where it was 'Not Aligned' and the BMP's went nuts. CNOP (0,4) fixed it. Think it was one we skipped HBB4410 where it was omitted in early deliveries. Last time I looked the 'fly catcher' went away. In a message dated 2/11/2016 1:54:14 P.M. Central Standard Time

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
dlc@gmail.com (David L. Craig) writes: > Does anyone else (Google doesn't) remember the ELHO acronym? > > Equal- mask '8' > Low - mask '4' > High - mask '2' > Overflow - mask '1' > > Back in the days of no extended mnemonic opcodes it was > quite the assembler programming aid. I w

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread David L. Craig
On 16Feb11:0945-0600, Mike Schwab wrote: > >From A22-6821-0 S/360 Principle of Operations: > > CONDITION CODE SETTINGS FOR FIXED-POINT ARITHMETIC > x'00', x'01', x'10', x'11' > 0 (equal) 1 (<0) 2 (>0) 3 (error, overflow) Does anyone else (Google doesn't) remember the ELHO acronym? Equal- ma

Fwd: Java-based Trojan was used to attack over 400, 000 systems | PCWorld

2016-02-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3031736/security/java-based-trojan-was-used-to-attack-over-40-systems.html ...Adwind is written in Java, so it can run on any OS that has a Java runtime installed including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Android. ... Did they forget one? -- gil --

Re: Query on IPLing with 64 bit

2016-02-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:25:56 -0600, John McKown wrote: >On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Walt Farrell wrote: > >> Why would it imply that? Those are all z/OS software constructs or >> limitations, not anything to do with the hardware as far as I know. They're >> already possible with today's zArc

Re: What STOGROUP does a table belong to

2016-02-11 Thread Janet Graff
Thanks Jan! I'll look into that. Janet >I think the column STORNAME in SYSTABLEPART is what you're looking for. This >also implies that an entire tablespace doesn't necessarily reside in a >single >storage group. >Regards, >Jan

Re: What STOGROUP does a table belong to

2016-02-11 Thread Cannaerts, Jan
I think the column STORNAME in SYSTABLEPART is what you're looking for. This also implies that an entire tablespace doesn't necessarily reside in a single storage group. Regards, Jan -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of J

What STOGROUP does a table belong to

2016-02-11 Thread Janet Graff
I've been combing through the SYSIBM tables looking for this answer. I need to figure out what STOGROUP my tables belong to. I realize SYSTABLES has TSNAME to tell me what TABLESPACE the table belongs to. But I can't get from TABLESPACE to STOGROUP. How do I figure out what STOGROUP my tabl

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/11/2016 8:17 AM, Richards, Robert B. wrote: NPRE is in the manual. I do not remember exactly how it was coded, but I believe it was some combination of a condition that could never be satisfied coupled with a sysmod that was not itself accepted. If I can find an example, I'll post it, but

Re: Query on IPLing with 64 bit

2016-02-11 Thread Jim Mulder
> >For example, z/Architecture uses 64-bit addresses, so all of those > places where an > >address is defined are 64 bits wide. PSW address is an obvious one. > Also, the locations > >for the old and new PSW for SVC, I/O, External, Restart, Machine > Check, and Program > >interruptions now req

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-11 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:17:47 -0500, Richards, Robert B. wrote: >NPRE is in the manual. > >I do not remember exactly how it was coded, but I believe it was some >combination of a condition that could never be satisfied coupled with a >sysmod that was not itself accepted. > >If I can find an examp

Re: Query on IPLing with 64 bit

2016-02-11 Thread John McKown
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Walt Farrell wrote: > > Why would it imply that? Those are all z/OS software constructs or > limitations, not anything to do with the hardware as far as I know. They're > already possible with today's zArchitecture, if z/OS wanted to > allow/implement them. > ​r

Re: Query on IPLing with 64 bit

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/11/2016 7:26 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: Does this imply no more scrunched PSWs? Execution above the bar becomes possible? 64-bit LPA? Neither would be implied by this change. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 http://www.p

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-11 Thread Richards, Robert B.
NPRE is in the manual. I do not remember exactly how it was coded, but I believe it was some combination of a condition that could never be satisfied coupled with a sysmod that was not itself accepted. If I can find an example, I'll post it, but at this point (18 years later), it may be a lost

Re: Query on IPLing with 64 bit

2016-02-11 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:26:00 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 05:39:33 -0600, Tom Marchant wrote: >> >>For example, z/Architecture uses 64-bit addresses, so all of those places >>where an >>address is defined are 64 bits wide. PSW address is an obvious one. Also, the >>locatio

Re: Active versus archive log data sets in DB2

2016-02-11 Thread Pete Conlin
>I understand DB2 keeps its log data first in buffers, then writes it to one of >a set of active log data set. Finally the data will be written to archive >>datasets when active log data sets fill up. The active data sets are used >round robin. >I found a sentence in a DB2 manual stating that t

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Cannaerts, Jan
I don't understand how this could humor you, but I'll let the PoP explain what "setting the bits in 15" means; BRANCH ON CONDITION ... A mask of 15 would indicate a branch on any condition (an unconditional branch). A mask of zero would indicate t

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Mike Schwab
>From A22-6821-0 S/360 Principle of Operations: CONDITION CODE SETTINGS FOR FIXED-POINT ARITHMETIC x'00', x'01', x'10', x'11' 0 (equal) 1 (<0) 2 (>0) 3 (error, overflow) Add H/F zero < zero > zero overflow Add Logical zero not zero zero, carry carry Compare H/F equal low high Load and Test zer

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:43:45 -0500, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: >>> How to reverse an accidental ACCEPT of a USERMOD. >> >> I would take a different approach. Create a new distribution zone and >> accept only what you want. Relate the new distribution zone to your >> target zone. Before you delete th

Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-11 Thread John McKown
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Vince Getgood wrote: > Hi all, > I've discovered some very odd behaviour when running a DFHSM command in > the same batch job as a DFSORT step, and I'm completely baffled by what's > happening. > > We're running z/OS 2.2, although it also happens on 1.3 and 1.10.

Re: Query on IPLing with 64 bit

2016-02-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 05:39:33 -0600, Tom Marchant wrote: > >For example, z/Architecture uses 64-bit addresses, so all of those places >where an >address is defined are 64 bits wide. PSW address is an obvious one. Also, the >locations >for the old and new PSW for SVC, I/O, External, Restart, Mach

Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-11 Thread Sri h Kolusu
Vince, Your JCL error has got nothing to do with DFSORT or DFHSM. You are creating the OUTDATASET in your SYSIN control cards and the JCL interpreter does not read/know that and it flags the dataset referred in the SORTIN DD as NOT found and hence the JCL error. So you should have the OUTDA

Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-11 Thread Staller, Allan
Off the top of my head, it would seem that MAINT.TEMP.LIST is not freed (so that it can be cataloged). Try adding a free da('maint.temp.list') to the ikjeft01 step. Another possibility is to pre-allocate maint.temp.list in the ikjeft01 step. Also, id maint.temp.temp pre-allocated or created by s

Re: Even after all the Y2K work....

2016-02-11 Thread Barry Merrill
SAS is aware: data; date='29FEB2100'D; day=weekday(date); put day=;run; 77 ERROR: Invalid date/time/datetime constant '29FEB2100'D. ERROR 77-185: Invalid number conversion on '29FEB2100'D. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread Sri h Kolusu
Bob, If your intention is to read entire PDS (all the members) and write them to a sequential file then you can use good old program IEBPTPCH to print the members. http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/DGT2U170/10.0? Other utilities like IBMs File Manager have much more r

Re: Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-11 Thread Vince Getgood
Sorry about the tags. I thought I had that right -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Odd behaviour with DFHSM & DFSORT in batch.

2016-02-11 Thread Vince Getgood
Hi all, I've discovered some very odd behaviour when running a DFHSM command in the same batch job as a DFSORT step, and I'm completely baffled by what's happening. We're running z/OS 2.2, although it also happens on 1.3 and 1.10. I've written a piece of JCL that issues some DFHSM commands, runs

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread R.S.
DD name points to dataset. A program can or cannot read all the members. Examples: IEBPTPCH - can print all the members IEBCOPY - can copy all the members -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland --- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie do

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread John McKown
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Ed Gould wrote: > John, > > There *MAY* be a way, albeit adding an extra step to do so. > But I don't think that is what he wanted. > ​I think so too. I already _have_ a way to do something like what the OP wanted. And it even includes all my options, except for

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-11 Thread Joel C. Ewing
On 02/11/2016 07:43 AM, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: >>> How to reverse an accidental ACCEPT of a USERMOD. >> >> I would take a different approach. Create a new distribution zone and >> accept only what you want. Relate the new distribution zone to your >> target zone. Before you delete the original dis

Re: Query on IPLing with 64 bit

2016-02-11 Thread Lizette Koehler
Look in the IBMMAIN Archives for the last week on z14 information. Lizette > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jake Anderson > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 1:06 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Query

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Martin Packer
Humour me and tell us all what setting the 4 bits in 15 means here. I had actually looked at the green card on my home office wall (no really) and figured the BCR 15,14 part out. Thanks, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Cloud & Systems Performance, IBM

Re: IBM ftp server isn't available

2016-02-11 Thread Lizette Koehler
If you are using Mozilla (Firefox) and have the add-in DOWNTHEMALL you can do massive quantities of downloads very quickly. Then you can use several links to get manuals http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/library/ http://www-03.

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Cannaerts, Jan
Considering IBM's practicing of OCO (if that was in place at the time of that APAR's release?), why would IEFBR14 have needed an APAR to add equates? Equates or no equates, the object code would have remained the same; 1BFF 07FE. It's a source code thing only. The addition of setting the return

Re: IBM ftp server isn't available

2016-02-11 Thread גדי בן אבי
I had no problem accessing the server -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Hilario Garcia Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 4:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: IBM ftp server isn't available Hello, I have tried

IBM ftp server isn't available

2016-02-11 Thread Hilario Garcia
Hello, I have tried to download several documentation from IBM ftp server: ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/systems/z But I receive that isn't available. Is there other url to download documents from IBM ? Thanks in advance. Kind Regards -

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread Ed Gould
John, There *MAY* be a way, albeit adding an extra step to do so. But I don't think that is what he wanted. Ed On Feb 11, 2016, at 7:34 AM, John McKown wrote: On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Lester, Bob wrote: Hi Folks, OK, it's only Wednesday, but Wouldn't it be nice if

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread Joel C. Ewing
Since the DD statement doesn't have enough options yet, one could always add a few more.:) And to be really useful, there should be an exit or some other means to convey the directory information for each member back to the program, and if specifying order of members, some way to tell the z/OS to

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-11 Thread Kurt Quackenbush
How to reverse an accidental ACCEPT of a USERMOD. I would take a different approach. Create a new distribution zone and accept only what you want. Relate the new distribution zone to your target zone. Before you delete the original distribution zone, run REPORT SYSMODS to compare the two distrib

Re: DD DSN=xx.xx.xx reads all members if it's a PDS?

2016-02-11 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Lester, Bob wrote: > Hi Folks, > > OK, it's only Wednesday, but > > Wouldn't it be nice if you could code: > > //SOMEDD DD DSN=SOME.PDS.DSN,DISP=SHR > > ...and it would read all the members in order? Maybe even any order > you specify? > >

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Mike Myers
Robert and all: To set the record straight, I looked at the object code, which is: 1BFF07FE, or SR 15,15 BR14 I believe the second APAR was the addition of equates for R14 and R15 and to change the code to SR R15,R15 BR R14 because the former failed to meet pro

Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 7:15 PM, Bill Woodger wrote: ​ ​ > I like the last line. Would an execution of IEFBR14 (followed by nothing > else) at log-on be a way of disabling an account? > ​I assume you mean replacing the normal IKJEFT01 in the _JCL procedure_​ in a user's TSO segment with IEFBR14

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-11 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Richards, Robert B. wrote: >I seem to remember that in my distant past, I used a NPRE on every usermod >that prevented accidental ACCEPTs. Hmmm, interesting. Wonder where is that documented? >Maybe Kurt will proffer a better solution? :-) Indeed. But he is somewhat silent these days? For

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Cannaerts, Jan wrote: > 1BFF07FE >I've been thinking of getting it tattood somewhere. They are 4 really iconic >bytes if you think about it. Careful fella, IEFBR14 is APARable. If that module changes (bigger than zero probability), you'll have to make a plan with that ugly tattoo...

Re: AW: Re: You thought IEFBR14 was bad? Try GNU's /bin/true code

2016-02-11 Thread Cannaerts, Jan
The first instruction is indeed SR 15,15. Feel free to either browse the load module, or "list I" it in TSO TEST. 1BFF07FE I've been thinking of getting it tattood somewhere. They are 4 really iconic bytes if you think about it. >>The simplest code for a Br14 is >> >> LA

Re: z14 Drops Support for ESA/390 Mode (Was: Re: zEC12)

2016-02-11 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:39:11 -0600, Mike Schwab wrote: >The main takeaway should be: If you are running z/OS 1.4 or earlier >in 31 bit mode, test running it in 64 bit mode. Just in case it >won't, get a z/13 and you should be able to run it in 31 bit mode >about another 8 years with supported ha

Re: Query on IPLing with 64 bit

2016-02-11 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:36:10 +0530, Jake Anderson wrote: >Recently I saw an article about IPLING with 31 bit will no more exist after >z13 hardware. So what is the difference between IPLING with 31 bit and 64 >bit ? How is it going to make a difference ? First, a pedantic terminology correction.

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-11 Thread Richards, Robert B.
I seem to remember that in my distant past, I used a NPRE on every usermod that prevented accidental ACCEPTs. Maybe Kurt will proffer a better solution? :-) Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Thu

Re: SMPE: Un-ACCEPTing USERMOD

2016-02-11 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 01:32:24 -0600, Bruce Hewson wrote: >Over the years small errors in processing occassionally happen, and now we >have some USERMODs that have been ACCEPTED. > >I am looking for some guidance in setting up some UCLIN to convince SMPE that >this did not really occur. > >How to

Query on IPLing with 64 bit

2016-02-11 Thread Jake Anderson
Hi All Recently I saw an article about IPLING with 31 bit will no more exist after z13 hardware. So what is the difference between IPLING with 31 bit and 64 bit ? How is it going to make a difference ? Jake -- For IBM-MAIN subsc