Free Software for MVS, OS/390, z/OS, TSO & ISPF |
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Free Software written by Gilbert Saint-Flour for the MVS, OS/390, z/OS, TSO,
ISPF environments. As you can see here, this
software is distributed in file 183 of the CBT tape since June 1992, and on
the Internet since November 1997.
| Name | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FILE183.PDS | 770kb | My contribution to the CBT Tape in TSO TRANSMIT format - 110 members, updated in January 2011 |
| FILE183 Index List | 35kb | Index List for FILE183.PDS - For more information, see the Documentation below |
| FILE183 Directory | 7kb | Directory List for FILE183.PDS |
| FILE183 Changes | 30kb | Change Log for FILE183.PDS |
| FILE183.LOAD Link-Edit Map | 25kb | Link-Edit Maps of all the load-modules contained in FILE183.LOAD |
| OSVS238J.zip | 120kb | 23 members from file183 which have been adapted for OS/VS2 3.8J and Assembler XF. |
FILE183.PDS only contains free software (Freeware) which can be
downloaded, installed and used at any time on any MVS, OS/390 or z/OS system.
Note that we also develop and support commercial products described in
another section of this Web site. If you wish to obtain free evaluation
copies for some of these commercial
products, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Installation
This free software is generally installed in two partitioned data-sets (PDS): userid.FILE183.PDS contains source code (and REXX execs), and userid.FILE183.LOAD contains load-modules. These data-set names are not mandatory, i.e. you can name these libraries any way you want. To install the free software, proceed as follows:
- Download file183.pds.xmit.zip to your PC.
- UNZIP it; the output file is file183.pds.xmit, a PDS in TSO TRANSMIT format
- Upload file183.pds.xmit to your MVS system, using the TSO file-transfer command (IND$FILE) or FTP. The target file must be defined with RECFM=FB,LRECL=80 and transfer must be in binary.
- Using the TSO RECEIVE command, convert the target file to a PDS (userid.FILE183.PDS) which should contain all of these members.
- EDIT or VIEW the .LOADLIB member, change userid.FILE183.LOAD to what you need, then SUBMIT it to create the load-library, which contains these load-modules.
- Update your TSO LOGON procedure to add userid.FILE183.PDS to SYSEXEC and userid.FILE183.LOAD to ISPLLIB or STEPLIB. Instead of updating your TSO LOGON procedure, you may update your LOGON CLIST or REXX exec.
- When you enter ISPF, issue the TSO FASTPATH command, which adds commands to the ISPCMDS table; press PF1 to see the list. The FASTPATH command is described here. You can run userid.FILE183.PDS(USERCMDS) to permanently add commands to your ISPF profile.
Additional information may be available here.
Documentation
On-line documentation in HTML format is available for the most-used PDS
members which are freely-distributed in FILE183.PDS.
| Name | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BR | 8kb | VSAM/BDAM Browser for ISPF |
| COMPRESS | 16kb | Compress a PDS with DISP=SHR - Assembler program and ISPF EDIT Macro |
| EXECUTE | 8kb | Execute an in-stream CLIST or REXX exec |
| FASTPATH | 40kb | FASTPATH Command for ISPF |
| REXXTRY | 8kb | Run REXX exec in a CLIST, or in-stream in a batch job |
| ROUTE | 14kb | ROUTE EDIT Macro for ISPF |
| RXSMS | 14kb | Retrieve SMS Information in REXX |
| SHOWDASD | 6kb | SHOWDASD Dialog for ISPF |
| STEMEDIT | 7kb | STEMEDIT Routine for REXX and ISPF |
| STRING | 12kb | STRING Assembler Macro |
| SVCUPDTE | 9kb | SVC Update Utility Program |
| SYSDEBUG | 12kb | SYSDEBUG Debugging Routine |
| XDELETE | 5kb | Delete Data Sets "en masse" based on a generic name |
Sample COBOL and PL/I programs.
| Name | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| COB2JOB | 5kb | Sample COBOL program to retrieve and display job-related information. |
| COB2SYS | 5kb | Sample COBOL program to retrieve and display system-related information. |
| COB2TSO | 5kb | Sample COBOL program to execute TSO commands. |
| PLI2JOB | 5kb | Sample PL/I program to retrieve and display job-related information. |
| PLI2TSO | 5kb | Sample PL/I program to execute TSO commands. |
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