On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:21:24 -0400, Klein, Kenneth wrote: > So true. I remember after a few years on the mainframe I had to start >using a PC and the first time I got a "Are you sure?" I laughed out >loud. That confirmed my impression that pc's were for idiots. > And the idiocy percolates into z/OS. I remember when there was no need to confirm CANCEL from Edit. And when there was no need to confirm Delete from DSLIST. And the latter can't be fixed by profile, and when I complained about it in this list, there was considerable sentiment that the user shouldn't be allowed to disable confirmation of such a "destructive command".
>-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Skip Robinson > >It would drive anyone crazy to be prompted for every single >'destructive' command ... -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
