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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:09 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: configuring zos 1.7 pre-ipl
>
>
> John (Mc) wrote:
>
> > I keep notes on what I update. And all that I have updated are a few
> > files in /etc such as /etc/rc (to start some daemons at IPL time),
> > /etc/resolv.conf, and some others. I generally copy from
> the old /etc
> > and /var to the new one via "pax" like:
> >
> > pax -rw -k -pe -v /etc/* /newsys/etc
> > pax -rw -k -pe -v /var/* /newsys/var
>
> John, does this actually work ???.
Sorry, no. The actual commands are:
pax -rw -k -pe -v /etc/* /newsys
pax -rw -k -pe -v /var/* /newsys
The original would have ended up with /newsys/etc/etc and
/newsys/var/var. I apologize for leading you down the wrong path. I did
just test the above commands on my z/OS 1.6 system in a UNIX shell. They
did have one unfortunate effect that I had not noticed. Duplicate files
were not replaced, but symlinks WERE replaced. I was lucky that this did
not cause me any problems.
> I was just cleaning up a test system (that had several hundred files
> added in /etc - gotta keep them comms guys on a shorter leash), and
> decided to try this.
> I would always end up with superfluous /etc and /service directories
> under my newsys (equivalent) mountpoint. Yes, I had the
> leading slash -
> the doco mentions "cd" to the source directory then
> "pax {options} * /newsys ..."
> This works.
> Eventually had to abandon the command(s) John suggested, and
> knock up a
> script to do the merge. Anybody have any ideas ???.
>
> Shane ...
> (oh, and recursive "diff" seems to work fine)
>
Hum, I wonder what problem I had with it. Too long ago and my mind has
left me for sunnier climes lately.
--
John McKown
Senior Systems Programmer
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Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage
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