z/OS Language Environment Programming Guide for 64-bit Virtual Addressing Mode
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z/OS UNIX application program environments

z/OS Language Environment Programming Guide for 64-bit Virtual Addressing Mode
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z/OS UNIX supports the following environments from which you can run your z/OS UNIX applications using z/OS XL C/C++ functions:
  • z/OS UNIX shells
  • TSO/E

    You cannot directly call a z/OS UNIX application that resides in an HFS file from the TSO/E READY prompt. However, you can do so with a TSO/E BPXBATCH command, and with a REXX EXEC.

  • MVS™ batch

    You cannot directly use the JCL EXEC statement to run a z/OS UNIX application program that resides in an HFS file because you cannot put an HFS filename on the JCL EXEC statement. However, by using the BPXBATCH program, you can run a z/OS UNIX application that resides in an HFS file. You supply the name of the program as an argument to the BPXBATCH program, which runs under MVS batch and invokes a z/OS UNIX shell environment. (BPXBATCH also lets you call a program directly without having to also run a shell.) You can also run a z/OS UNIX application that resides in an HFS file by calling a REXX EXEC to invoke it under MVS batch.

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