Re: APF authorization and AC(00)

2017-06-10 Thread scott Ford
on programmers by permitting > programs that modified themselves to be marked REFR? > > -- gil > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, &

Re: System REXX

2017-06-10 Thread scott Ford
(vs. frugal). So I'm always looking for "zero dollar" > >> solutions to make my work easier. Part of making my work easier is > making > >> other people's work easier (because then they don't bug me ). I am > >> "creatively lazy", I guess. > >> > >

Re: System Rexx - Console questions

2017-06-09 Thread scott Ford
with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ITschak Mugzach > > *|** IronSphere Platform* *|** An IT GRC for Legacy systems* *| Automated > > Security Readiness Reviews (SRR) **|* > > > > --

Re: LE QuestionT

2017-06-08 Thread scott Ford
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LE QuestionT

2017-06-06 Thread scott Ford
in COBOL ? We do not use CEEGTST , etc ... Regards, -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate yourself, by demeaning a friend or collegue you demean yourself” www.idmworks.com scott.f...@idmworks.com Blog: www.idmworks.com/blog

Re: Question about C++

2017-05-30 Thread scott Ford
gt; > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > > Behalf Of scott Ford > > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 7:58 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Question about C++ > > > > Guys, > > > > Where d

Re: Question about C++

2017-05-30 Thread scott Ford
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Re: A slight regression

2017-05-30 Thread scott Ford
strings, so you > don't have to use the STRING verb to construct constant strings with a > zero-byte terminator to call C modules. I haven't experimented with moving > "normal" COBOL strings (PIC X) to a PIC Z variable, so I do not know if > that would work properly. > >

Re: Survey: How many APF-authorized libraries?

2017-05-30 Thread scott Ford
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Re: A slight regression

2017-05-30 Thread scott Ford
hanks John.. Regards. Scott On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 2:19 PM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 1:07 PM, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > All: > > > > I saw a thread between Peter Fairley and John in April, this yea

A slight regression

2017-05-30 Thread scott Ford
All: I saw a thread between Peter Fairley and John in April, this year speaking about a cobol program calling C ..I am in the same board but did not see the C code. Can some one help me out and point me to the C routine or function ? Thanks and I appreciate it -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z

Re: Question about C++

2017-05-30 Thread scott Ford
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Re: RACF Question

2017-05-27 Thread scott Ford
ect: (External):Re: RACF Question > > On Thu, 25 May 2017 12:14:46 -0400, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >In reading through the RACF manual I have a question about STC > definitions. > >We have a STC that is doing RACF provisioning. The question is if I >

Re: RACF Question

2017-05-25 Thread scott Ford
structions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate yourself, by demeaning a friend or collegue you demean yourself” www.idmworks.com scott.f...@id

RACF Question

2017-05-25 Thread scott Ford
R_admin and we have an id with the appropriate authority. RDEFINE STARTED racfidname.* STDATA(USER(racfidname) - GROUP(secure-grp) TRUSTED(YES) PRIVILEGED(NO) TRACE(NO)) - UACC(NONE) AUDIT(FAILURES(READ)) -- Thanks and Regards, *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev

Re: Cobol-calling-Asembler and 24bit mode

2017-05-21 Thread scott Ford
storage and copy the DCB into that storage and OPEN it > there. A little more to it than that; follow up if interested in this > approach. Has the advantage of facilitating reentrance. > > Charles > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:I

Cobol-calling-Asembler and 24bit mode

2017-05-20 Thread scott Ford
Programming by the great John Ehrman. I could a routine or process like he shows. My issue is the amount of data...30 x 80bytes ... All comments are helpful and appreciated. Regards, *IDMWORKS* Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate yourself, by demeaning

Re: Storage Monitor

2017-05-07 Thread scott Ford
is now a part of Syncsort. > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of scott Ford > Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2017 2:01 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Storage Monitor > > All: >

Storage Monitor

2017-05-07 Thread scott Ford
All: Is there a Storage subpool monitor on the cbttapes ? If there is can someone point me to the file. I downloaded 'TASID' and its ok , but i need more info of subpool usages and free.. Regards. -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate

Re: Storage Creep

2017-05-04 Thread scott Ford
ott On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 6:44 PM, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey E, > > I didn't find a WKSP, do I assume Subpool 0 doing Nextc to extract userids. > Definitely ugh..i will post a snip... > > Scott > > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 8:37 AM Elardus Enge

Re: Snap

2017-05-04 Thread scott Ford
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Re: Storage Creep

2017-05-03 Thread scott Ford
Hey E, I didn't find a WKSP, do I assume Subpool 0 doing Nextc to extract userids. Definitely ugh..i will post a snip... Scott On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 8:37 AM Elardus Engelbrecht < elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > scott Ford wrote: > > >I found the issues, o

Re: Storage Creep

2017-05-03 Thread scott Ford
in it has been FREEMAINed. A storage creep suggests that pages > are being GETMAINed, but then not all storage in them being FREEMAINed. > > > On 02/05/2017 14:41, scott Ford wrote: > > All: > > > > I have a STC written in Cobol V4.1 calling Assembler routines to pe

Storage Creep

2017-05-02 Thread scott Ford
STC and issue a RACF command and the issued a 'DUMP COMM=()' Pulled it into IPCS...reviewing the dump I saw very little subpool = 0 activity.. I am stumped here. We have a called scheduled with IBM. *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you

Re: Snap

2017-04-28 Thread scott Ford
John: Thank you kind sir. Much appreciated..I am verifying I dont have a storage creep issue when we call IRRSEQ00... Scott On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 8:09 AM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 6:44 AM, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> w

Snap

2017-04-28 Thread scott Ford
All: I have a quick question...I am calling an assembler routine that doing RACF calls and i want to do a snap before i enter and after i exit. 1. Do i need to define a SNAPxxxDCB ? 2. Then an OPEN 3. Then a CLOSE Regards, -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating

Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations

2017-04-24 Thread scott Ford
Timothy: What about theft of software products ? We all know it goes on ... How do you prevent it ? Scott On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Charles Mills wrote: > Oh gee, let me try to respond to the most significant points here. > > > Charles Mills argues in defense of

Re: CAVMEN Meeting May 18, 2017 - FIRST NOTICE

2017-04-20 Thread scott Ford
Geez forgot your friends Scott Ford On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 8:44 PM, Jack H. Slavick <jslavi...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello, > The second quarter meeting of the Chicago Area VM (and Linux) Enthusiasts > will be held on Thursday, May 18, 2017. > > As we have lost o

Re: REXX procedure needed

2017-04-14 Thread scott Ford
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Re: AW: Re: Opinion: Using C "standard library" routines in COBOL.

2017-04-10 Thread scott Ford
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Re: Data/hiperspaces (was: ... 4G bar?)

2017-03-31 Thread scott Ford
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Re: sort data extract

2017-03-30 Thread scott Ford
> > > > > > On line 20 in positions 100, 1001, 3000, 4500 string STRING was > > > > found > > > > > > > > Is the string, BINARY, CHARACTER, or other? > > > > > > > > A little more detail on your goal for

Re: 64 bit execution above the bar

2017-03-29 Thread scott Ford
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Re: 64 bit execution above the bar

2017-03-28 Thread scott Ford
eir designee. If the reader of this message is not the > > intended recipient, you are on notice that any use, disclosure, copying or > > distribution of this message, in any form, is strictly prohibited. If you > > have received this message in error, please immediately notify

Re: ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches

2017-03-26 Thread scott Ford
t; not the case. > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >

Re: GREAT presentation on the history of the mainframe

2017-03-22 Thread scott Ford
: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of scott Ford > > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 5:59 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: GREAT presentation on the history of the mainframe > > > > Thanks for sharing Char

Re: GREAT presentation on the history of the mainframe

2017-03-22 Thread scott Ford
; > > > > > -- > > > > > > *Disclaimer: *Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If > > you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public > > records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. In

Re: IEFOPZxx Parmlib Members -- Debate at GSE LSG Meeting

2017-03-19 Thread scott Ford
er for z/OS, I have to say that if a > rogue user has update access to PARMLIB you have a lot more than IEFOPZxx > to worry about. > > > > -- > > Walt > > > > ------

Re: ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches

2017-03-18 Thread scott Ford
efines > indicents. Of the eight categories, four are nothing to do with "cyber > criminals": Improper Usage; Unauthorized Equipment; Policy Violation; > Non-Cyber Incidents. Taking out all those does what for 1,121 percent? > > > > If the paper were coherent and internally consistent, I'd go on. But it > isn't, so I won't. > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: z/OS Automated Unit Testing Framework (zUnit)

2017-03-15 Thread scott Ford
ubscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access ins

Re: curious: why S/360 & decendants are "big endian".

2017-03-12 Thread scott Ford
tampering, unauthorized amendment and viruses. We only send and receive > emails on the basis that we are not liable for any such corruption, > interception, tampering, amendment or viruses or any consequence thereof. > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainf

Re: Mainframe JOBS in Austin

2017-03-12 Thread scott Ford
, 2017 at 1:23 AM Edward Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Mar 11, 2017, at 8:17 AM, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Amen Jack, everyone doesn't get that mainframe sysprogs and developers > > > really aren't a dime a dozen.

Re: curious: why S/360 & decendants are "big endian".

2017-03-12 Thread scott Ford
gt; > virtualization experience > > > starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 > > > > > > -- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive > > &g

Re: Mainframe JOBS in Austin

2017-03-11 Thread scott Ford
k. > > > > Mike > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO I

Re: Mainframe JOBS in Austin

2017-03-11 Thread scott Ford
t; universe > > www.softwoehr.com # with a fine understanding of human fallibility. - > Carl Sagan > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MA

Re: Passings

2017-03-08 Thread scott Ford
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Re: When did SMF come along?

2017-03-03 Thread scott Ford
Oldie Goldie dude On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Charles Mills wrote: > I just picked an MFT 21.7 "Guide" from 1973 and it's in there as an > optional > feature. Right after the part about supporting up to fifteen concurrent > jobs! > > OTOH I am looking at an OS/360 System

Re: Passings

2017-02-25 Thread scott Ford
f / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to

Re: Hidden Figures

2017-02-24 Thread scott Ford
ty much fell into the category of "don't do > *this*, or you'll look dumb to the people who know something about these > machines" and "no, end users weren't permitted to do *that*" advice. > > > > ----

Re: Cobol - S80A abend

2017-02-24 Thread scott Ford
r (with z/OS 2.2) > SMFLIM to reserve space. > > > > And if you are z/OS 2.2, you can use REGIONX. > > > > -- > > Tom Marchant > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Friday fun with REXX and PARSE

2017-02-24 Thread scott Ford
years with a lot of REXX programming. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Peter Hunkeler > > > > > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / a

Cobol - S80A abend

2017-02-23 Thread scott Ford
All: I have a question about error recovery and here is the situation. 1. Cobol STC calls an assembler module which passes a RACF command using IRRSEQ00 2. The customer has a large profile, over 32K 3. We are seeing a S80A in 'IRRSEQ00' Now the question, I know I can write a Cobol Condition

Re: JCL IF Condition - I'm Missing Something

2017-02-18 Thread scott Ford
Gil, Yeah, I hear you, it should be simpler to perform tasks. On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 11:12 AM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:44:01 -0500, scott Ford wrote: > > > > > >Heres what I did: > &

Re: JCL IF Condition - I'm Missing Something

2017-02-17 Thread scott Ford
Gil: Heres what I did: //BUILDLIB JOB SYSTEMS,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),MSGCLASS=X,CLASS=A,PRTY=8, // NOTIFY=,REGION=4096K //*--* //* BUILD IDF-TSS PRODUCT LIBRARIES * //*--* //MYLIBS JCLLIB

Re: COBOL and POSIX pipes (was: A design question)

2017-02-16 Thread scott Ford
You guys are amazing. I havent used Unix on Z/OS much, a little. It has advantages for sure. Scott On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 1:35 PM, John McKown wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Paul Gilmartin < > 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > >

Re: IBM's Marissa Mayer moment: Staff ordered to work in one of 6 main offices - or face the axe (2)

2017-02-15 Thread scott Ford
people are primed to believe them. > > > > > > > > And then companies wonder why they see little employee loyalty. > > > > > > > > .phsiii > > > > > > ----

Re: A design question

2017-02-14 Thread scott Ford
Unix domain sockets for bi-directional > > communications. I would use type=memory only with > > type=memory(hiperspace) when I want to use lots of memory in a 31-bit > > program. > > > > > > On 13/02/2017 11:01 PM, scott Ford wrote: > > > All: > &g

Re: Loyalty

2017-02-14 Thread scott Ford
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Re: A design question

2017-02-14 Thread scott Ford
close > > and free the RACF data. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Dave Griffiths > > > > > > > > > > From: scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Date: 13/02/2017 15:02 > > Subject:

Re: Loyalty

2017-02-13 Thread scott Ford
Well i have a short story about loyalty. I was working for a huge American company in NYC. I had gone to Europe to help out on a Data Comm. project. During my 2 weeks in Europe I hear the company is laying off people for the HQ office in NYC. I call my manager and ask him, was I one of them ? He

A design question

2017-02-13 Thread scott Ford
All: I have the following: 1. Cobol STC 2. It calls an Assembler subroutine with does a RACF extract of the database for all userids and then writes to an output file. 3. Is it possible to have the Assembler routine place the extracted data into a unix pipe or a C type=memory file

Re: Job Loyalty

2017-02-13 Thread scott Ford
Sometimes very hard with manglers who dont 'get' us real honest to God techies very frustrating ...at times.. On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 8:15 AM, Allan Staller wrote: > Well Said! > > > This is "Capitalism", making money is king. Every large corporation tries > to

Re: COBOL/LE question

2017-02-04 Thread scott Ford
Rex, I sure would re-compile the Cobol programs. I have ran into issues but it was going backward. It was in regard to callable LE functions and what was supported... Scott On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Bill Woodger wrote: > The IGZ0268W is a warning message (no

Re: SFTP on z/OS

2017-02-04 Thread scott Ford
Guys: I have a SSH question, we dont have a ICSF , do i need one to do SSH ? We want to do scp from Windows to z/OS . I want stepping thru the ICSF stc doc and read about 'head 'dev/random' and its not working returning an error Scott On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Kirk Wolf

Re: Case Question

2017-01-28 Thread scott Ford
schak > > > > בתאריך 15 בינו 2017 22:16,‏ "scott Ford" <idfli...@gmail.com> כתב: > > > > Charles: > > > > My friend, perfect. My issue is we are passing Security Sub System commands > > ( RACF, etc. ) thru r_radmin service call > > and w

Re: Case Question

2017-01-15 Thread scott Ford
Walt, To check authorization we use a RACROUTE call.. To pass commands r_radmin... Both are in the same code.. Sorry for the confusion. Regards, Scott On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 7:36 PM Walt Farrell <walt.farr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:16:14 -0500, scott Fo

Re: Case Question

2017-01-15 Thread scott Ford
answer your question? > > Charles > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of scott Ford > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 11:57 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Case Question > > Al

Re: New free / open source z/OS tools from Dovetailed Technologies

2017-01-15 Thread scott Ford
Sorry hit the reply to fast... 1. Clone Git Resp. 2. Make changes on Cobol/Assembler 3. Upload to z/OS Sounds like this Ant/XML might do it ??? Scott On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 3:10 PM, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Frank, All: > > I am in the same boat, I am tryi

Re: New free / open source z/OS tools from Dovetailed Technologies

2017-01-15 Thread scott Ford
Frank, All: I am in the same boat, I am trying to do: 1. On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 01:52:25 +, Frank Swarbrick wrote: > > > >Seems to me the only think that Make would be of use for in our

Case Question

2017-01-15 Thread scott Ford
All: I have a TCPIP inbound message that can contain mixed-cased letters. This request is pass onto to an Assembler module calling RACROUTES to perform authentication. My question is this the Cobol fields in the caller are PIC X(xxx) and i want to guarantee mixed case preservation. The called

Re: A dressing Question

2017-01-09 Thread scott Ford
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Re: Addressing Question

2017-01-05 Thread scott Ford
All, My intent was clarification for my old age. I went back and looked and I am good. Thanks all.. Scott On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 10:24 AM scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tom, > > Thx for you comment. I agree otherwise there is confusion. > > > Scott > >

Re: Addressing Question

2017-01-05 Thread scott Ford
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Re: Addressing Question

2017-01-04 Thread scott Ford
for the runtime stack. For example, COBOL LOCAL-STORAGE is allocated from stack storage.*ALL31*Runtime option that specifies whether an application can run entirely in AMODE 31. I know understand Scott On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 4:12 PM scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Huh,

Re: Addressing Question

2017-01-04 Thread scott Ford
witching. > > > > ------ > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development

Re: Addressing Question

2017-01-04 Thread scott Ford
; > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---

Re: Addressing Question

2017-01-04 Thread scott Ford
amic these days! > > DYNAM compiler option for CALL literal statements, CALL identifier > statements, > > and the >>CALLINTERFACE compiler directive. > > > > Cheers, > > TomR >> COBOL is the Language of the Futur

Happy New Year

2017-01-01 Thread scott Ford
Happy New Year to everyone here on IBM-Main. Hope everyone has a healthy New Year. Scott Ford IDMWORKs/Identityforge z/OS Development -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: ASCII<->EBCDIC (was: convince programmer something else is better.)

2016-12-30 Thread scott Ford
On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 6:33 AM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Dec 2016 13:53:11 +0100, Massimo Biancucci wrote: > > > > >If you have DFSORT or similar, you could use TRAN=ATOE. > > > > > Which ASCII? Which EBCDIC? The page at: > > z/OS

Re: Multitasking question

2016-12-30 Thread scott Ford
On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 11:21 AM scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: I wrote C program using threads some time ago and did a 'd OMVS pid=' and saw the two TCBs , I will drag it out , do the command and post.. Scott > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 7:06 PM Paul Gilmartin < >

Re: Multi SRB

2016-12-29 Thread scott Ford
Guys, Then if one was writing a multi-threaded C or C++ application in a MVS address space is it considered TCBs for each thread ? Scott On Thursday, December 29, 2016, Peter Relson wrote: > >:>>can there be multiple SRB's executing > >:>>the same piece code in the same

Re: LE option for a product

2016-12-28 Thread scott Ford
John, I guess it's good or bad depending on your viewpoint. Scott On Wednesday, December 28, 2016, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 12:32 PM, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > John, &

Re: LE option for a product

2016-12-28 Thread scott Ford
John, I wasn't sure, it seems LE is integrated in the programming language environment . Scott On Wednesday, December 28, 2016, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 11:48 AM, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote

Re: LE option for a product

2016-12-28 Thread scott Ford
Someone asked me can you write COBOL on z/OS without LE, I said no, but I see you can compile it on UNIX System Services. On Sunday, December 25, 2016, Joel C. Ewing wrote: > On 12/25/2016 08:06 AM, Nathan Astle wrote: > > Hello > > > > Does LE(language Environment) always

Re: Addressing Question

2016-12-28 Thread scott Ford
Bill, I will have to look, you may be right, I am on vacation, thank god... As a ISV we have been very busy.. Scott On Tuesday, December 27, 2016, Bill Woodger wrote: > Thanks. I think you are probably "getting away with it". Since you are not > using any data from a

Re: Addressing Question

2016-12-27 Thread scott Ford
Bill, Data is not shared, the called assembler routines in question perform extracts from a DB output to a file. Then the assembler routine returns. Peter was kind enough to answe my question. We run DATA(31) ALL31(ON) and of course routines have been working for a long time. Scott On Tuesday,

Re: A not very Christmassy PL/I tale

2016-12-26 Thread scott Ford
John, I wrote some PL/1 sometime ago on OS/VS2 ...long long time ago in a galaxy far away. Working at a manufacturing facility in the 80s, we ran VM/SP and VM/HPO with VSE and had an application written in PL/1 , lets say it wasnt performing very well. But we also ran a DL/1 with CICS.. Scott

Re: Seasons Greeting

2016-12-24 Thread scott Ford
Clem: I love it. Better memory ( brain ) for us dinosaurs who getting a tad older. Scott On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Rugen, Len wrote: > What? There is more to security than chmod 777? > > > Len Rugen > > University of Missouri > Division of Information Technology

Re: Do the Name/Token Pair callable services need R13 to point to save area?

2016-12-23 Thread scott Ford
n common you need to be authorized, key zero. > > ITschak > > נשלח מה-iPad שלי > > ‫ב-23 בדצמ׳ 2016, בשעה 17:12, ‏‏scott Ford ‏<idfli...@gmail.com> כתב/ה:‬ > > > Frank, > > > > Really good question. We initially call an Assembler routine to do

Re: Do the Name/Token Pair callable services need R13 to point to save area?

2016-12-23 Thread scott Ford
__ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf > of scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 8:32 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Do the Name/Token Pair callable services need R13 to point to &g

Re: Seasons Greeting

2016-12-23 Thread scott Ford
Guys, You tear me up, love to people still have a sense of humor. Twisted .. Scott On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > Edward Finnell wrote: > > >And all the gifts you ordered! > > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCGBNj-aSwA > >

Re: Addressing Question

2016-12-23 Thread scott Ford
Peter, Thank you for the explanation . I am trying to understand what i am seeing .. My exposure to LE has been through writing in Cobol since 3.4 but I want to know more to broaden my techniques. Looks like i have some reading to do. Regards, Scott On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Peter

Seasons Greeting

2016-12-22 Thread scott Ford
To All you who celebrate: Happy Holidays to all ...with best wishes for the upcoming year. Regards, Scott -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the

Re: Do the Name/Token Pair callable services need R13 to point to save area?

2016-12-22 Thread scott Ford
DS5F HTH Regards, Scott On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 10:27 AM, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Peter, > > We use tokens all the time, I will look > > Scott > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Greg Dyck <gregd...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On 12/22/20

Re: Do the Name/Token Pair callable services need R13 to point to save area?

2016-12-22 Thread scott Ford
Peter, We use tokens all the time, I will look Scott On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Greg Dyck wrote: > On 12/22/2016 1:47 AM, Peter Hunkeler wrote: > >> When I get control, R13 points to a save area, which my code will use, >> but I do not yet have storage for another

Re: Addressing Question

2016-12-22 Thread scott Ford
Peter: The reason I asked was that we have been running this STC for a long time in Cobol with AMODE(31), RMODE(ANY) and it was performing calls to Assembler modules, these modules are AMODE(24),RMODE(24) and were performing I/O to QSAM files apparently with no issues. But in all our cases

Re: Addressing Question

2016-12-21 Thread scott Ford
a linkage? Are the programs dynamically > loaded and dynamically called? Or are they statically linked and > called? > > Sam > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:34 PM, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sam, > > > > I see what you saying, the program's

Re: Addressing Question

2016-12-21 Thread scott Ford
ng on how they > are invoked and/or how the entry/exit logic works, they may only be > using 24-bit addresses. This would be a problem if a buffer was > passed to them with a valid 31-bit address. > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 2:15 PM, scott Ford <idfli...@gmail.com > <javascr

Re: RIP Richard Peurifoy

2016-12-21 Thread scott Ford
Amen Jamesthere isnt a more fitting obit. Regards, Scott On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Lund James E wrote: > The mainframe community lost another one of its kind recently. Richard > Peurifoy, a keystone in mainframe support at Texas A University, as well > as a

Addressing Question

2016-12-21 Thread scott Ford
All: I have a dumb question ...we have a STC running AMODE(31) RMODE(ANY) and written in LE Cobol 4.2 we also run DATA(31) , my question is we call several sub programs which are AMODE(24) and RMODE(24) and they work and have been working for a long time. Several of these Assembler programs are

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