Maybe Kurt would contribute his script that downloads all the z/OS manuals as a starter.
Rob Schramm Senior Systems Consultant Imperium Group On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:39 AM, McKown, John < [email protected]> wrote: > That's the direction I was going. I was hoping to create a UNIX script > which would use "curl" or "ftp" to download the file I wanted from the > ftp://cbttape.org/ftp/cbt/CBT???.zip to a newly made subdirectory. Then > use jar to "unzip" it. The problem now comes in that the result is usually > an XMIT file. OK, I can "cp" that to a PS data set with RECFM=FB,LRECL=80 > and then TSO RECEIVE it. I can likely do all of this using a UNIX REXX > script with some ADDRESS TSO statements. I can even feed in the " restore > dsn(...) " subcommand for the RECEIVE. Unfortunately, I am now a bit stuck. > I always need to look at the resultant PDS to see how to actually install. > Yes, this is not really a big deal. But I've gotten even lazier (seems > impossible!) lately. And I've gotten used to how I do things in Linux > ("yum" and/or "git clone" followed by "./configure && make && sudo make > install"), and also with z/OS SMP/E RECEIVE FROM NETWORK. I'd like > something as consistent, simple, and easy with CBTTape stuff. Likely not > really possible. And perhaps even foolish to desire. But, that has never > stopped me from thinking about things. I think that I may ask Sam Golob > about hosting a CBTTape moderated Wiki for z/OS. Might even have a page for > each CBTTape contribution's "read me" information. I something download > things just to get a better idea what they are about. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets® > > 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® is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. –The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Tom Marchant > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:14 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Correction to Carmine's Book Cost > > > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:22:22 -0500, McKown, John wrote: > > > > >I am now trying to figure out how to directly download a CBTTape file > > >to a z/OS system and process it there. I.e. eliminate the need to > > >download to a "desktop", unzip, then ftp to the mainframe. > > > > Have you tried using jar to unzip? > > > > -- > > Tom Marchant > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
