REXX with z/OS and TSO/E

Duration: 6 hours

Overview

Description

The REXX with z/OS and TSO/E course explains how REXX is used in TSO and z/OS environments.

Audience

Operations and programming staff that will be using REXX on the z/OS (or OS/390) platform.

Prerequisites

An understanding of REXX programming fundamentals or the Introduction to REXX, REXX Keywords Instructions , and REXX Built-In Functions courses, or equivalent REXX experience.

Objectives

After completing this course the student should be able to:

Identify and Use TSO/E REXX Commands
Use the EXECIO File Control Command
Identify and Use TSO/E External Functions
Identify and Use Some of the z/OS and Vendor Host Command Environments

Course Content

REXX Execution and Buffer Control Commands

Execution Control Commands

Buffer Control Commands

TSO/E File Control

Reading data sets

Writing to Data Sets

Updating Data Sets

TSO/E External Functions

Interrogating Data Set Information

Trapping and controlling TSO/E Messages

Interrogating System Information

z/OS Host Command Environments

Using the CONSOLE HCE

Using ISPFEXEC and ISREDIT HCEs

Using the CA7 HCE

REXX with z/OS and TSO/E Mastery Test