> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 2:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PDSE and DFDSS > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:54:18 -0500, McKown, John wrote: > > >Just to irritate a few people here <grin>. Too bad SMP/E > does not support a UNIX subdirectory as an SMPPTS repository. > > > Why aren't such large SYMODs packaged in RELFILE format > rather than with inline elements? That would enormously > relieve the strain on the SMPPTS. "Product Packaging Rules" > is not a satisfactory answer. > > And there's considerable irony that elements destined for > installation in UNIX (USS) directories come in unloaded > PDSes. > > -- gil
And, to compliment that, GIMZIP uses compressed PAX files to contain datasets, including PDSs. Which leads to Internet downloads of SMP/E data into UNIX files which contain SMP/E PDS datasets which contain data which ends up in z/OS UNIX files. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
