I don't think Java(TM) would be Java(TM) without zFS (or something very much like zFS). A Zip file (i.e. Jar file) could be that very-much-like zFS thing. (More on this in a moment.)
I'm a little confused, though, so perhaps the original poster can clarify. When you install the SDK for Java, it installs into zFS (or HFS). (A myriad of products require zFS or HFS, actually, and the number keeps growing.) zFS is where the Java runtime, compiler, class libraries, etc. live. Is that an issue? Or are you (also?) talking about running a Java program out of the non-zFS side? If the latter, does the standard // syntax work with the java command (e.g. from OMVS), to reference a Java program and/or class path on the non-zFS "side"? (I've never tried that.) If not, maybe that's something you could raise with IBM as a suggested enhancement to the SDK, and why it's an important feature to have. I'm completely confused by the mention of Linux. If you have z/OS, setting up Linux (an entire operating system, and even ignoring operational things like monitoring, backup, DR, etc.) just to run a Java program is easier than setting up zFS (an intrinsic base z/OS feature)? Really? I think Linux is wonderful too, but that would be a mighty strange planet, right? - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
