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Add the ability to open printer file with flag O_APPEND

Add the ability to open printer file with flag O_APPEND so it can be rotated with logrotate (copytruncate). Last offset is retained by Natural and everything before that offset is marked as NULL and so the file size is maintained.
Thierry Bolle about 2 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 0 Under Review

Secure storage/retrieval of passwords such as EXX passwords

Currently, calling secured EntireX services requires calling RPC-CNTX or USR2071N/USR2702N/USR2074N/etc to pass in a user id and password. There's no provision for providing anything other than a clear text password, so it ends up in clear text in...
Douglas Kelly about 3 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 1 Future consideration

ONE: E_0285 MOVE ALL with SUBSTRING option

The SUBSTRING function in MOVE ALL has not yet been implemented in Natural LUW and ONE.The statement MOVE ALL 'string' TO SUBSTR(field,n,m) results in the following errors: NAT0285 Field reference error; reference invalid or missing. (Natural)E_02...
Guest about 3 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 0 Future consideration

API needed to convert the ONE line numbers of error messages

API needed to convert the ONE line numbers in error messages into the according source line numers on server. Spod works with logical line numbers (incremental steps 10/5/2/1 ). NaturalONE works with real line numbers (incremental step 1). If an e...
Andreas Dege about 3 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 0 Not in Plan

Support process id as variable for print and workfiles

Support process id as variable for print and workfiles Example - this invoke of Natural: natrt.exe BATCHMODE CMPRINT="C:\CMPRINT *PID.LOG" CMPRT01="C:\CMPRT01 *PID.LOG" CMWRK01="C:\CMWRK01 *PID.TXT" and if process id is '4711' CMPRINT becomes "C:\...
Mogens Lundqvist about 3 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 0 Under Review

Command "L EXT" in NATURAL/AIX/LNX.

In NATURAL/AIX/LNX: Implementcommand "l ext" to show the extended name of the subroutine. This command exists in NATURAL Mainframe.- NATURAL/ZOS Example: NEXT l ext * LIB=RCELSO ---------------------------------------------------------------------...
Guest about 3 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 1 Not in Plan

on-error-cmd

Hi as we have on error cmd in a module level, it will be very helpful to have same upon a cmd level (such as in java/c$/python & etc: try/catch)
Hezi Shirazi about 1 year ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 1 Not in Plan

Naturalbufferpool

Es sollte möglich sein, das, wenn die max. definierte Useranzahl im Naturalbufferpool erreicht ist,man im Naturalbufferpoolmonitor weiterhin Kommands wie status, who, kill abzusetzen, um in solch einem Fall einzelne User aus dem Naturalbufferpool ...
Guest about 3 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 0 Under Review

NAT: Debugger - prohibit modification of field content / program flow

Debugging should also be possible in production environments. But then it must be prohibited- to modify the content of variables- to influence the regular program flow Natural Debugger should provide such a possibility.
Guest about 3 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 0 Not in Plan

USR8210N additional parameter field for filename by function start

Natural parametermodul contains no value in parameterfield "RESNAME", filename for profileing information will be automatically generated (current userID and timestamp). The profileing process is controlled by the SAG routine USR8210N with start/p...
Guest about 3 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 0 Under Review