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Re: IOGEN on TK4- - Failed...

 

You have SYS1.OBJPDS in your JCL, so you'll need SYS1.OBJPDS01, 02 and 03.

Joe

On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 4:38 PM Mattis Lind <mattislind@...> wrote:
Why isn't the picture included??




Re: IOGEN on TK4- - Failed...

 

Why isn't the picture included??




Re: IOGEN on TK4- - Failed...

 


I think I found one thing that I haven't done. According to the sysgen manual I define three utility data sets. But I simply don't understand what all this means. It says in the Figure 37 text caption that the underlined values must match the GENERATE MACRO. But there is nothing underlined?? DO they mean between y:s? Like yOBJPDSy??

Generate MACRO look like this:
GENOP GENERATE GENTYPE=(IO,1),? ? ? ? ? ? ?IO generation? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?+
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?INDEX=IOG1,? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?HLQ for datasets? ? ? ? ? ? +
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?JCLASS=C,? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Jobclass to submit? ? ? ? ? +
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?OBJPDS=SYS1.OBJPDS,? ? ? ? ?Name of Object PDS? ? ? ? ? +
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?OCLASS=A,? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Output class? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? +
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?RESVOL=(MVSRES,3350)? ? ? ? Residence Volume
? ? ? ? ?END
?

From?

Page 153:


Anyone that can enlighten me here?

/Mattis


Re: IOGEN on TK4- - Failed...

 

Hello Joe,?


Here is the stage 1 in put file:?

It is almost identical to the one in TK4- except for the first 2703 at 070 which has BSC3 instead of BSC2. That is all there is in terms of changes.

/Mattis


Re: IOGEN on TK4- - Failed...

 

Mattis,

Looking at the IOGEN.JCL you submitted, there are no 2703 devices. Can you attach what you fed into STAGE1?

Joe

On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 11:59 AM Mattis Lind <mattislind@...> wrote:
Hello All IOGEN experts!

I want to change on of the 2703 devices in the TK4- config to act as a BSC3 device so I started to try to do an iogen on tk4- and failed completely.

The steps described in the TK4- is a bit sketchy at least with the amount of MVS knowledge I have.

Performing an IOGEN?

The following procedure isn¡¯t meant to be a cookbook style recipe; in depth MVS systems programming knowhow is required to follow it. Although the TK4- system is set up such that this procedure should work reliably, the author cannot guarantee this. For good reasons IOGENs and SYSGENs always were amongst the most hated tasks on IBM¡¯s vintage operating systems.?

?

1.Create a backup copy of the system (one never knows¡­).?

2.Deactivate RAKF: o Submit jobs RAKF.SAMPLIB(VSAMSRAC) and RAKF.SAMPLIB(VTOCSRAC) to clear the RACF indicators. Note: It is advisable to submit VTOCSRAC using TYPRUN=HOLD and logoff the TSO session before releasing the job. VTOCSRAC will have some issues with long dataset names under the TK4- HLQ. These can safely be ignored.?

3. Change SYS1.PARMLIB(RAKFINIT) from YES to NO.?

4. Re-IPL the system. The system is now ¡°disarmed¡±, i.e. while RAKF is still installed, it is no longer active and will grant each and every request. For more information see the RAKF User¡¯s Guide, which can be unzipped in PDF or MS-Word format from RAKF.SAMPLIB($DOC$ZIP).?

5.Edit job SYS1.SYSGEN.CNTL(IOGEN) to reflect the desired changes and submit it. Check for errors and rerun as needed!?

6. Run job SYS1.UMODCNTL(REST-ALL) and then all jobs from SYS1.UMOD.RESTORE.CNTL. ?

7. Shut down the system.?

8. IPL the starter system (if you don¡¯t have it, get it from the original TK3 CD).?

9. Submit job SYS1.STAGE1.IOGEN.OUTPUT from MVSRES. Check output for errors, there generally shouldn¡¯t be any condition codes higher than 4.?

10. Shutdown the starter system and perform an IPL CLPA of the TK4- system. Of course you now experience a vanilla system, particularly in terms of TSO session capabilities¡­ so, be warned and don¡¯t worry!?

11.Run job SYS1.SYSGEN.CNTL(IO-JCLIN) to bring SMP back into synch.?

12. Run job SYS1.UMODCNTL(APPL-ALL) to get all usermods back into the system. Carefully read and follow the warning message issued to the console upon submission of the job: You must ensure, that all apply jobs are run sequentially. If they don¡¯t, you¡¯re guaranteed to completely mess up your system.?

13. Shut down the system and perform an IPL CLPA.?

14.Reactivate RAKF: o Set the setracf parameter in jobs RAKF.SAMPLIB(VSAMSRAC) and RAKF.SAMPLIB(VTOCSRAC) to ON and submit them to switch the RACF indicators back on. Note: It is advisable to submit VTOCSRAC using TYPRUN=HOLD and logoff the TSO session before releasing the job. VTOCSRAC will have some issues with long dataset names under the TK4- HLQ. These can safely be ignored. o Change SYS1.PARMLIB(RAKFINIT) from NO to YES.?

15.? Re-IPL the system. The system is now ¡°armed¡±, i.e. RAKF will enforce all profiles defined in SYS1.SECURE.CNTL. For more information see the RAKF User¡¯s Guide, which can be unzipped in PDF or MS-Word format from RAKF.SAMPLIB($DOC$ZIP).?

16. Enjoy your new I/O configuration.


At 10 everything went south. Step 2 seems not to be necessary since these indicators are set to off already (?). Doing step 3 and then step 4 gave me a system that didn't ask me for password when logging in.

Then I did step 5. Just a tiny change and submitted it. All seemed well. There were a huge file generated in SYS1.STAGE1.IOGEN.OUTPUT. The file looked ok. Contained a number of jobs to be run later.


Now I did step 6 which worked fine as well. Actually later on when re-IPL this system to get the??
SYS1.STAGE1.IOGEN.OUTPUT out to be able to submit it (probably a very stupid way of doing things..) I found that there were things that didn't behave as they used to. But I assume this has to do with the fact that a number of user mods has been removed and maybe wasn't working exactly as it used to.

At step 7 it was starting to get tricky. I downloaded the TK3 CD. Extracted the START1 DASD and SPOOL0 DASD and moved them into my DASD catalog as well as the starter.conf file from the tk3 CD. After some trials the starter system booted up nicely. I then ran the SYS1.STAGE1.IOGEN.OUTPUT file which I had extracted out of the tk4- system directly on the card reader of ther starter system.

I am not sure that this went ok. But "All available functions complete" is a good sign is my experience.

$ telnet localhost 3270

Trying 127.0.0.1...

Connected to localhost.

Escape character is '^]'.

Hercules version 3.13 built on Jul 18 2020 22:49:58

running on mattis-HP-EliteBook (Linux-4.4.0-186-generic.#216-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 1 05:34:05 UTC 2020 x86_64 MP=4)

Connected to device 0:001F

IEA101A SPECIFY SYSTEM PARAMETERS FOR RELEASE 03.70.VS2

HHCTE006A Enter input for console device 001F

r 0,clpa

?IEF165I // START JES2

?IEE351I SMF SYS1.MAN RECORDING NOT BEING USED

*00 $HASP426 SPECIFY OPTIONS - HASP-II, VERSION JES2 4.0

r 0,noreq

?IEE600I REPLY TO 00 IS;SUPPRESSED

?IEE041I THE SYSTEM LOG IS NOW ACTIVE

?$HASP160 PUNCH1 ? INACTIVE - CLASS=BK

?$HASP125 READER1? SKIPPING FOR JOB CARD

?$HASP150 SYSLOG ? ON PRINTER1

?$HASP150 INIT ON PRINTER1

?$HASP250 SYSLOG ? IS PURGED

?$HASP150 INIT ON PRINTER1

?$HASP250 INIT IS PURGED

?$HASP150 INIT ON PRINTER1

?$HASP250 INIT IS PURGED

?$HASP160 PRINTER1 INACTIVE - CLASS=AJ

?$HASP250 INIT IS PURGED

?$HASP100 INIT ON STCINRDR

?$HASP373 INIT STARTED

?$HASP100 INIT ON STCINRDR

?$HASP373 INIT STARTED

?$HASP100 INIT ON STCINRDR

?$HASP373 INIT STARTED

?$HASP309 INIT? 1 INACTIVE *** C=A

?$HASP309 INIT? 2 INACTIVE *** C=BA

?$HASP309 INIT? 3 INACTIVE *** C=CBA

?$HASP099 ALL AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS COMPLETE

$pi2-3

?$HASP000 OK

?$HASP395 INIT ENDED

?$HASP150 INIT ON PRINTER1

?$HASP160 PRINTER1 INACTIVE - CLASS=AJ

?$HASP099 ALL AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS COMPLETE

?$HASP250 INIT IS PURGED

?$HASP395 INIT ENDED

?$HASP150 INIT ON PRINTER1

?$HASP160 PRINTER1 INACTIVE - CLASS=AJ

?$HASP099 ALL AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS COMPLETE

?$HASP250 INIT IS PURGED

?$HASP100 IOG11 ON READER1 SYSTEM GENERATION

?$HASP100 IOG12 ON READER1 SYSTEM GENERATION

?$HASP100 IOG13 ON READER1 SYSTEM GENERATION

?$HASP100 IOG14 ON READER1 SYSTEM GENERATION

?$HASP100 IOG15 ON READER1 SYSTEM GENERATION

?$HASP101 IOG15 HELD

?$HASP099 ALL AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS COMPLETE


The last job was HELD. It makes sense since TYPRUN=HOLD was set on the last job in the jcl file. I have no idea what the reason for this is though?

Here is the file:

I thought that giving $A command to have the job released should work, but it didn't succeed. I then just removed the TYPERUN=HOLD on the last job. Re-ran the job and then it wasn't held any longer.


Now at step 10 I restarted the original TK4- system but now something had really became very strange. A lot of things refused to start and didn't work as it used to do so I assume I had corrupted the system.

You guys that have done this multiple times can probably easily spot what I had done wrong!

Thanks,

/Mattis




IOGEN on TK4- - Failed...

 

Hello All IOGEN experts!

I want to change on of the 2703 devices in the TK4- config to act as a BSC3 device so I started to try to do an iogen on tk4- and failed completely.

The steps described in the TK4- is a bit sketchy at least with the amount of MVS knowledge I have.

Performing an IOGEN?

The following procedure isn¡¯t meant to be a cookbook style recipe; in depth MVS systems programming knowhow is required to follow it. Although the TK4- system is set up such that this procedure should work reliably, the author cannot guarantee this. For good reasons IOGENs and SYSGENs always were amongst the most hated tasks on IBM¡¯s vintage operating systems.?

?

1.Create a backup copy of the system (one never knows¡­).?

2.Deactivate RAKF: o Submit jobs RAKF.SAMPLIB(VSAMSRAC) and RAKF.SAMPLIB(VTOCSRAC) to clear the RACF indicators. Note: It is advisable to submit VTOCSRAC using TYPRUN=HOLD and logoff the TSO session before releasing the job. VTOCSRAC will have some issues with long dataset names under the TK4- HLQ. These can safely be ignored.?

3. Change SYS1.PARMLIB(RAKFINIT) from YES to NO.?

4. Re-IPL the system. The system is now ¡°disarmed¡±, i.e. while RAKF is still installed, it is no longer active and will grant each and every request. For more information see the RAKF User¡¯s Guide, which can be unzipped in PDF or MS-Word format from RAKF.SAMPLIB($DOC$ZIP).?

5.Edit job SYS1.SYSGEN.CNTL(IOGEN) to reflect the desired changes and submit it. Check for errors and rerun as needed!?

6. Run job SYS1.UMODCNTL(REST-ALL) and then all jobs from SYS1.UMOD.RESTORE.CNTL. ?

7. Shut down the system.?

8. IPL the starter system (if you don¡¯t have it, get it from the original TK3 CD).?

9. Submit job SYS1.STAGE1.IOGEN.OUTPUT from MVSRES. Check output for errors, there generally shouldn¡¯t be any condition codes higher than 4.?

10. Shutdown the starter system and perform an IPL CLPA of the TK4- system. Of course you now experience a vanilla system, particularly in terms of TSO session capabilities¡­ so, be warned and don¡¯t worry!?

11.Run job SYS1.SYSGEN.CNTL(IO-JCLIN) to bring SMP back into synch.?

12. Run job SYS1.UMODCNTL(APPL-ALL) to get all usermods back into the system. Carefully read and follow the warning message issued to the console upon submission of the job: You must ensure, that all apply jobs are run sequentially. If they don¡¯t, you¡¯re guaranteed to completely mess up your system.?

13. Shut down the system and perform an IPL CLPA.?

14.Reactivate RAKF: o Set the setracf parameter in jobs RAKF.SAMPLIB(VSAMSRAC) and RAKF.SAMPLIB(VTOCSRAC) to ON and submit them to switch the RACF indicators back on. Note: It is advisable to submit VTOCSRAC using TYPRUN=HOLD and logoff the TSO session before releasing the job. VTOCSRAC will have some issues with long dataset names under the TK4- HLQ. These can safely be ignored. o Change SYS1.PARMLIB(RAKFINIT) from NO to YES.?

15.? Re-IPL the system. The system is now ¡°armed¡±, i.e. RAKF will enforce all profiles defined in SYS1.SECURE.CNTL. For more information see the RAKF User¡¯s Guide, which can be unzipped in PDF or MS-Word format from RAKF.SAMPLIB($DOC$ZIP).?

16. Enjoy your new I/O configuration.


At 10 everything went south. Step 2 seems not to be necessary since these indicators are set to off already (?). Doing step 3 and then step 4 gave me a system that didn't ask me for password when logging in.

Then I did step 5. Just a tiny change and submitted it. All seemed well. There were a huge file generated in SYS1.STAGE1.IOGEN.OUTPUT. The file looked ok. Contained a number of jobs to be run later.


Now I did step 6 which worked fine as well. Actually later on when re-IPL this system to get the??
SYS1.STAGE1.IOGEN.OUTPUT out to be able to submit it (probably a very stupid way of doing things..) I found that there were things that didn't behave as they used to. But I assume this has to do with the fact that a number of user mods has been removed and maybe wasn't working exactly as it used to.

At step 7 it was starting to get tricky. I downloaded the TK3 CD. Extracted the START1 DASD and SPOOL0 DASD and moved them into my DASD catalog as well as the starter.conf file from the tk3 CD. After some trials the starter system booted up nicely. I then ran the SYS1.STAGE1.IOGEN.OUTPUT file which I had extracted out of the tk4- system directly on the card reader of ther starter system.

I am not sure that this went ok. But "All available functions complete" is a good sign is my experience.

$ telnet localhost 3270

Trying 127.0.0.1...

Connected to localhost.

Escape character is '^]'.

Hercules version 3.13 built on Jul 18 2020 22:49:58

running on mattis-HP-EliteBook (Linux-4.4.0-186-generic.#216-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 1 05:34:05 UTC 2020 x86_64 MP=4)

Connected to device 0:001F

IEA101A SPECIFY SYSTEM PARAMETERS FOR RELEASE 03.70.VS2

HHCTE006A Enter input for console device 001F

r 0,clpa

?IEF165I // START JES2

?IEE351I SMF SYS1.MAN RECORDING NOT BEING USED

*00 $HASP426 SPECIFY OPTIONS - HASP-II, VERSION JES2 4.0

r 0,noreq

?IEE600I REPLY TO 00 IS;SUPPRESSED

?IEE041I THE SYSTEM LOG IS NOW ACTIVE

?$HASP160 PUNCH1 ? INACTIVE - CLASS=BK

?$HASP125 READER1? SKIPPING FOR JOB CARD

?$HASP150 SYSLOG ? ON PRINTER1

?$HASP150 INIT ON PRINTER1

?$HASP250 SYSLOG ? IS PURGED

?$HASP150 INIT ON PRINTER1

?$HASP250 INIT IS PURGED

?$HASP150 INIT ON PRINTER1

?$HASP250 INIT IS PURGED

?$HASP160 PRINTER1 INACTIVE - CLASS=AJ

?$HASP250 INIT IS PURGED

?$HASP100 INIT ON STCINRDR

?$HASP373 INIT STARTED

?$HASP100 INIT ON STCINRDR

?$HASP373 INIT STARTED

?$HASP100 INIT ON STCINRDR

?$HASP373 INIT STARTED

?$HASP309 INIT? 1 INACTIVE *** C=A

?$HASP309 INIT? 2 INACTIVE *** C=BA

?$HASP309 INIT? 3 INACTIVE *** C=CBA

?$HASP099 ALL AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS COMPLETE

$pi2-3

?$HASP000 OK

?$HASP395 INIT ENDED

?$HASP150 INIT ON PRINTER1

?$HASP160 PRINTER1 INACTIVE - CLASS=AJ

?$HASP099 ALL AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS COMPLETE

?$HASP250 INIT IS PURGED

?$HASP395 INIT ENDED

?$HASP150 INIT ON PRINTER1

?$HASP160 PRINTER1 INACTIVE - CLASS=AJ

?$HASP099 ALL AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS COMPLETE

?$HASP250 INIT IS PURGED

?$HASP100 IOG11 ON READER1 SYSTEM GENERATION

?$HASP100 IOG12 ON READER1 SYSTEM GENERATION

?$HASP100 IOG13 ON READER1 SYSTEM GENERATION

?$HASP100 IOG14 ON READER1 SYSTEM GENERATION

?$HASP100 IOG15 ON READER1 SYSTEM GENERATION

?$HASP101 IOG15 HELD

?$HASP099 ALL AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS COMPLETE


The last job was HELD. It makes sense since TYPRUN=HOLD was set on the last job in the jcl file. I have no idea what the reason for this is though?

Here is the file:

I thought that giving $A command to have the job released should work, but it didn't succeed. I then just removed the TYPERUN=HOLD on the last job. Re-ran the job and then it wasn't held any longer.


Now at step 10 I restarted the original TK4- system but now something had really became very strange. A lot of things refused to start and didn't work as it used to do so I assume I had corrupted the system.

You guys that have done this multiple times can probably easily spot what I had done wrong!

Thanks,

/Mattis




Re: NJE38 V2 with TRANSMIT and RECEIVE commands

 

Super job Bob, congratulations !

Cheers,

Peter


NJE38 V2 with TRANSMIT and RECEIVE commands

 

NJE38 version 2 is now available in the files section (nje38v200.zip).? This version now contains the much-needed TSO-based TRANSMIT and RECEIVE commands.? These commands allow you to send and receive datasets right from TSO without having to resort to JCL and multi-step jobs, determining DCB attributes, and computing space requirements.

The internal NETDATA file format is compatible with that of modern operating systems and files can be exchanged with more modern MVS and VM platforms, as well as of course other MVS 3.8 nodes.? NJE38 RECEIVE can also receive CBT xmi files as well as files generated by the non-NJE38-related utility XMIT370 (subject to limitations described in the NJE38 documentation).? NJE38 RECEIVE can also receive PRINT and PUNCH files from any VM system.

This version also contains performance improvements and a number of bug fixes.

Regards,
Bob

?


Re: Account and room information in SMF records

 

Found it in GC23-0002-0 "OS/VS2 System Programming Library: JES2"

&RJOBOPT controls scanning of JOB cards by JES2. Changed from 5 to 3.


Account and room information in SMF records

 

I am working on some SMF reporting w/ MVS 3.8j.

SMF type 4, 5, and 20 records (step termination, job termination, job initiation) all seem to have the accounting information in them (pano and room, programmer's accounting number and room number).

Type 26 records (JES2 job purge) supposedly have the pano and room information in fields SMF26ACT and SMF26ROM, but they are filled with binary zeroes.

Is there a configuration somewhere that I need to tweak to get those populated?


Re: Domain bsp-gmbh.com expired

 

Hello Doug,

Am 20.07.2020 um 23:47 schrieb Doug Wegscheid <dwegscheid@...>:

Are you to the point where sending a link to the replica is appropriate? (Or did I miss it, quite likely!)
You did miss it. :-)

:wq! PoC

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Re: Domain bsp-gmbh.com expired

 

thank you.


On Monday, July 20, 2020, 6:04:26 PM EDT, ScottC via groups.io <sccosel@...> wrote:



Re: Domain bsp-gmbh.com expired

 


Re: Domain bsp-gmbh.com expired

 

Are you to the point where sending a link to the replica is appropriate? (Or did I miss it, quite likely!)


On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 4:22 PM, Patrik Schindler
<poc@...> wrote:
Hello Mike,

Am 20.07.2020 um 18:52 schrieb Mike Schwab <Mike.A.Schwab@...>:

> Take what you have and set it up as a replica on your site, with credit to him?

I already did this.

> Post him a link and ask him to review and note what gaps to fill?

That's what I meant. But no answer, eventhough he requested me sending a link, when we briefly talked on the phone.

:wq! PoC

PGP-Key: DDD3 4ABF 6413 38DE -





Re: Domain bsp-gmbh.com expired

 

Hello Mike,

Am 20.07.2020 um 18:52 schrieb Mike Schwab <Mike.A.Schwab@...>:

Take what you have and set it up as a replica on your site, with credit to him?
I already did this.

Post him a link and ask him to review and note what gaps to fill?
That's what I meant. But no answer, eventhough he requested me sending a link, when we briefly talked on the phone.

:wq! PoC

PGP-Key: DDD3 4ABF 6413 38DE -


Re: RPF 183 released

 

Hi,

I have replaced RPF183.
I found some issues in the ARCHIVER component.

Cheers,
Rob


Re: Domain bsp-gmbh.com expired

 

Take what you have and set it up as a replica on your site, with
credit to him? Post him a link and ask him to review and note what
gaps to fill?

On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 10:56 AM Patrik Schindler <poc@...> wrote:

Hello Scott,

Am 10.07.2020 um 22:23 schrieb ScottC via groups.io <sccosel@...>:

If you are able to get in touch with him, perhaps he can also sign over his ownership of the domain to you, and/or someone else as well.
I wrote him an email to his private address a week ago, as he requested, "when I have the site running". Unfortunately, he didn't answer yet.

Honestly, I don't want to bother him with that stuff. He was happy to know it won't vanish but I had the feeling he is no longer willing to participate in any way.

I have no idea how to continue from here.

:wq! PoC

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--
Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all?


Re: Domain bsp-gmbh.com expired

 

Hello Scott,

Am 10.07.2020 um 22:23 schrieb ScottC via groups.io <sccosel@...>:

If you are able to get in touch with him, perhaps he can also sign over his ownership of the domain to you, and/or someone else as well.
I wrote him an email to his private address a week ago, as he requested, "when I have the site running". Unfortunately, he didn't answer yet.

Honestly, I don't want to bother him with that stuff. He was happy to know it won't vanish but I had the feeling he is no longer willing to participate in any way.

I have no idea how to continue from here.

:wq! PoC

PGP-Key: DDD3 4ABF 6413 38DE -


Re: Automating cleanup of printer output files

 

On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 10:11 PM, Drew Derbyshire wrote:

This doesn't do your clean up, but may help:

It takes the raw monolithic JES2 output and splits the SYSOUT by JOB/TSU/STC.?? Thus you don't have to purge all or nothing.

Drew, thanks for sharing that; I've been meaning to do something like that, but I like yours, and it ended up being simpler than I thought it would. Adapting that for a different naming scheme and to run enscript on the split files should be pretty easy...


Re: Automating cleanup of printer output files

 

Hello Drew,

Am 20.07.2020 um 04:11 schrieb Drew Derbyshire <swhobbit@...>:

You may solving the wrong problem. :-)
Maybe? At the moment, I mostly care about me not needing to to housekeeping. What are computers actually for, if not for automating boring and repetitive tasks? :-)

It takes the raw monolithic JES2 output and splits the SYSOUT by JOB/TSU/STC. Thus you don't have to purge all or nothing.
Thanks for the hint. Maybe in a later point in time, I'll reconsider my approach, especially when considering printing reports to PDF. First, I want to get accustomed to JCL, to VSAM, and then to COBOL with KICKS4TSO. (I'm already having great fun with my old AS/400 writing small applications for housekeeping with just a few database files.)

Right now, I'm just not doing enough serious stuff with the machine. ATM, I'm just fine with another shell window, 132 chars wide and a tail -f on prt00e running inside.

find /my/print/directory -type f -name '*.txt' -atime +5 -ls -delete
Note that NO commands need to be issued to Hercules (and you don't wipe out everything at once.)
Thanks, I noticed. Just a hint (and not meant as being cocky): I'm using Linux since 1995, and I'm a Linux System Administrator since around 1997. I'm just new to MVS.

:wq! PoC

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