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Hey all,

I am working with this utility which normally executes in batch. The output from utility goes into a dataset which i need to feed as an input to REXX. Right now there is a disconnect between batch to REXX.

Submitting the batch thru REXX and then looping forever to get the output for next process is one way but not a good one.

I was trying out an alternative to execute the utility thru REXX itself but its not working out because of library (jobilb)concatenation limitation in rexx.

I was hoping to find answers to following questions:

a> How can i remove the disconnect between JCL and REXX without using the forever looping thing?
b> Is it possible to have JOBLIB/STEPLIB concatenations in REXX?
c> If a GDG base is being ALLOCATED does that mean all the generations will be allocated as in case of JCL?

Thank you,
AB.

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Does REXX actually mean TSO?

REXX Program is being fed the output file from JCL.

Presently, once the JCL execution is done then REXX program is manually executed with the output file from JCL. I was wondering if the flow from JCL to REXX could happen without any manual intervention. As in, once the job ends the REXX gets invoked automatically.

I hope, that answers your question.

And the answer is no.

The way to go is to execute the REXX in batch at the end of the other step in your batch job.

Thank you Expat for your reply.

Do you reckon any difference between REXX getting executed through JCL and in TSO?

Thank you,
AB.

Not really. The REXX code can process the same in batch as in foreground, with the exception of panel displays.