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I have (though not recently) written both Help dialogues in ISPF and TSO Help files, for some of the utilities I created for my employers over the years. Not sure anyone but me ever used them, though. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Most people who have been to

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Oh no, please don't! It's our history. On 1/18/2023 10:10 AM, Willy Jensen wrote: Yeah I know, I really should strip that from the web text. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

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Yeah I know, I really should strip that from the web text. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

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indeed, ever since Quick-ref provided TSO help also, I rarely use TSO HELP - I have created some user based help for site commands. Carmen On 1/18/2023 9:58 AM, Tom Brennan wrote: This brings back old memories.  I clicked on the "text" link on your page and it comes up with what looks like a

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This brings back old memories. I clicked on the "text" link on your page and it comes up with what looks like a file formatted for the tso HELP command. I barely remember the )F and other marks. )F Function to check access to RACF resource I don't think I've typed up a HELP member in 30

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Classification: Confidential Dee the RACROUTE macro. IIRC, the parameter is TEST(AUTH)? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Farley, Peter Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 3:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX Question [CAUTION

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For asking RACF from a REXX, check RXSAFCHK at http://harders-jensen.com. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

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I was pleased with the original email so I stashed it in a folder where I keep useful explanations (sometimes mine, sometimes others'). It says here I sent it 2013-02-23, it was to the TSO-REXX listserv and the subject line was "sysdsn - dataset protected". It was strictly about RACF; I'll give

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List On Behalf > Of Bob Bridges > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 4:35 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: REXX Question > > EXTERNAL EMAIL > > If it works, great. But since I was all primed to offer another kind of > solution, I'm remembering an explana

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4:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX Question EXTERNAL EMAIL If it works, great. But since I was all primed to offer another kind of solution, I'm remembering an explanation I sent once about how to ask RACF (and I take it from your symptoms that you are running RACF) whether y

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, January 17, 2023 4:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [External] Re: REXX Question If it works, great. But since I was all primed to offer another kind of solution, I'm remembering an explanation I sent once about how to ask RACF (and I take it from your symptoms that you are running RACF

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If it works, great. But since I was all primed to offer another kind of solution, I'm remembering an explanation I sent once about how to ask RACF (and I take it from your symptoms that you are running RACF) whether you have READ access to a particular dataset. It seems to me it can be adapted

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UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX Question Isn't CONTROL only valid in a CLIST script, not Rexx? Or are you suggesting he wrap a call to his Rexx inside a CLIST with that CONTROL setting and report the security error from the CLIST? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On

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: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 3:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX Question Did you try CONTROL ERRORS RETURN? From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Cameron Conacher <03cfc59146bb-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: T

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Thank you. This looks like just what I needed. Appreciate the assistance. Thanks ...Cameron From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 3:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [External] Re: REXX Question Did you try CONTROL

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Did you try CONTROL ERRORS RETURN? From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Cameron Conacher <03cfc59146bb-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 2:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: REXX Question Hello

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On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:33:54 +0800, David Crayford wrote: >> >>> That code looks dodgy!  Unless I'm losing my marbles the test > ((APPID <> 'VI01') | (APPID <> 'VI02')) will always be true. > >I've found in REXX it's better to use something like: >if wordpos(appid, "VI01 VI02") = 0 then ... >

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David, That’s a much better approach, I think easier and more readable, imho. Scott On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:34 PM David Crayford wrote: > On 11/10/2018 10:44 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:54:06 +0800, David Crayford wrote: > > > >> That code looks dodgy! Unless I'm

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On 11/10/2018 10:44 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:54:06 +0800, David Crayford wrote: That code looks dodgy!  Unless I'm losing my marbles the test ((APPID <> 'VI01') | (APPID <> 'VI02')) will always be true. Vernacular. Some casually say, "if APPID is not V101 or V102",

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On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:54:06 +0800, David Crayford wrote: >That code looks dodgy!  Unless I'm losing my marbles the test ((APPID <> >'VI01') | (APPID <> 'VI02')) will always be true. > Vernacular. Some casually say, "if APPID is not V101 or V102", then code incorrectly ((APPID <> 'VI01') |

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@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX question David Crayford wrote: >That code looks dodgy! Indeed! If I can, I would test each or some of these comparision statements and set up a true/false flag (my own [new] variable) to be used on the final IF or WHEN statement. Just for easy reading and debugg

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David Crayford wrote: >That code looks dodgy!  Indeed! If I can, I would test each or some of these comparision statements and set up a true/false flag (my own [new] variable) to be used on the final IF or WHEN statement. Just for easy reading and debugging. >Unless I'm losing my marbles

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That code looks dodgy!  Unless I'm losing my marbles the test ((APPID <> 'VI01') | (APPID <> 'VI02')) will always be true. On 11/10/2018 3:06 AM, Lopez, Sharon wrote: This is some of the code; I did not write it and I do not know how to code in REXX. WHEN (SUBSYS = 'A') & ((APPID <> 'VI01')

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Subject: Re: REXX question So the first think is to run a trace. I like the command Trace I That will show what things look like before and after. Then if that does not help, and you have Serena Contract, I might contact them for assistance. With Chgman, you need to know REXX/CLIST/ISPF

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Lizette Koehler Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 5:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: REXX question So the first think is to run a trace. I like the command Trace I That will show what things

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To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: REXX question So the first think is to run a trace. I like the command Trace I That will show what things look like before and after. Then if that does not help, and you have Serena Contract, I might contact them for assistance. With Chgman, you need

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Lizette Koehler Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 5:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: REXX question So the first think is to run a trace. I like the command Trace I That will show what things look like before

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Behalf Of > Lopez, Sharon > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 12:06 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: REXX question > > This is some of the code; I did not write it and I do not know how to code in > REXX. > > WHEN (SUBSYS = 'A') & ((APPID <>

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; END -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 2:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX question On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:26:51 +, Lopez, Sharon wrote: >We

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On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:26:51 +, Lopez, Sharon wrote: >We have a CHANGEMAN REXX exec that issues this: > >+CMNNEWCO F PRODAORB,CEMT SET PROG(DPLDB2IR) PH > >but now it is appending the userid to the end: > >+CMNNEWCO F PRODAORB,CEMT SET PROG(DPLDB2IR) PH CMNBATCH > >Has anyone seen anything

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Many thanks, Alan, For sure I will tray your hints, when I am back in office ( I am not in office now because of sickness, but I can check my mails). br Leopold On 22.11.2015 21:06, Alan Young wrote: Leopold Strauss wrote: Hi, all I simply wanted to automize the receiving of a lot of

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Thx, Bill. But prompt is not a valid order im uxic-rexx. On 19.11.2015 15:11, Bill Godfrey wrote: On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:47:40 +0100, Leopold Strauss wrote: Hi, all I simply wanted to automize the receiving of a lot of XMIT-files in zOS-unix-shell ( not TSO) Last but not least my problem

Re: AW: Re: REXX-question

Quite simple. In unix-shell there ar prowerfull tools for going through a list, creating the apprpriate commands etc. In TSO there are not. And because I am very experienced in Unix ( althouigh lot of zOS-knowledge), I prefer Unix-shell and -tools On 19.11.2015 16:48, Peter Hunkeler

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Leopold Strauss wrote: Hi, all I simply wanted to automize the receiving of a lot of XMIT-files in zOS-unix-shell ( not TSO) Last but not least my problem could be broken down to following terminal-input-problem with the RECEIVE-command: rexx-script: parse arg indsn outdsn address tso

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In <5651dced.2030...@isis-papyrus.com>, on 11/22/2015 at 04:19 PM, Leopold Strauss said: >In unix-shell there ar prowerfull tools for going through a list, >creating the apprpriate commands etc. FSVO powerful. >In TSO there are not. In what universe? The

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Hardee, Chuck wrote: >Try adding: queue "RESTORE" >Just before the queue of the "END" command. While I have NOT tested out that REXX program, I believe it should work. I think Leopold should also add TRACE A to his REXX program for better debugging. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht

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Leopold, This is purely a guess, but the last line of the prompt states: INMR909A You may enter DSNAME, SPACE, UNIT, VOL, OLD/NEW, or RESTORE/COPY/DELETE/END You supplied a DATASET() parameter, but I don't see a RESTORE, COPY or DELETE prior to the END. Try adding: queue "RESTORE" Just

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Push the TSO RECEIVE commands (ie. END, DA(), etc.) into the tso stack and then call RECEIVE. ITschak ITschak Mugzach Z/OS, ISV Products and Application Security & Risk Assessments Professional On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Leopold Strauss < leopold.stra...@isis-papyrus.com> wrote: > Hi,

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I'm curious to understand whay you want to run this rexx as a shell script as oposed to a simple batch tso step. I don't see the benefit, only drawbacks --Peter Hunkeler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

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On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:47:40 +0100, Leopold Strauss wrote: >Hi, all > (Waiting for Lizette to suggest fora TSO-REXX and, most relevant, MVS-OE.) >I simply wanted to automize the receiving of a lot of XMIT-files in >zOS-unix-shell ( not TSO) > >Last but not least my problem could be broken down

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On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:47:40 +0100, Leopold Strauss wrote: >Hi, all > >I simply wanted to automize the receiving of a lot of XMIT-files in >zOS-unix-shell ( not TSO) > >Last but not least my problem could be broken down to following >terminal-input-problem with the RECEIVE-command: >

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In 0ca801ceb86a$568c4300$03a4c900$@mindspring.com, on 09/23/2013 at 07:36 AM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com said: In case you were not aware, there is a newsgroup for TSO-REXX But it's better to join the mailing list. Posts to bit.listserv.* will generally not be seen on the

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In can3vrrkjntux_ylbhdmfkvwj-mb3fncdd+2nofneckmgttk...@mail.gmail.com, on 09/23/2013 at 10:31 AM, Rob Schramm rob.schr...@gmail.com said: and the results were very strange I suspect that the read was fine and that the error was in the code that you did not show. Take a look at IN.0 (the

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In case you were not aware, there is a newsgroup for TSO-REXX If you have not done so, you can join here. Just go to the bottom of the Webpage http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?TSO-REXX what are the attributers? Lrecl, blksize, etc... Did you check the original PDS to see if that member

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What in.0 in.1 etc. Holds? בתאריך 23 בספט 2013 17:38, מאת Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com: In case you were not aware, there is a newsgroup for TSO-REXX If you have not done so, you can join here. Just go to the bottom of the Webpage http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?TSO-REXX

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Suspect you have issue with PDS...although maybe directory is lla frozen, prior data? Below code works seq or pds(mem) /* REXX */ ALLOC SHR FILE(INPUT) DATASET('UKLANRX.JCL.CNTL(SYSGEN)') EXECIO * DISKR INPUT (STEM INPUT. FINIS) FREE FILE(INPUT) CNTR = 1 DO WHILE CNTR = INPUT.0 SAY INPUT.CNTR

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Rob:   why do you want to free it ...its not clear why you need to ...   If it was allocated dynamically or a file for temporary usage, 'yes' free it , but allocated via a '//    DD ' ...odd Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com/  

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Attributes were recfm=FB, lrecl=120 PDS. There were no I/O errors. I was able to copy the member via 3.3 to the sequential file without issue. Also, viewed it numerous times. I will have to allocate my own copy and re-check it. As for the FREE... no harm no foul. If I had done an ALLOCATE