On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:55:50 -0400, Rob Schramm wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:39 AM, McKown, John 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. ... >> I' ve done all that with Rexx.
>> ... 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. >> It's easier than that. RECEIVE works with INDD() allocated to a UNIX path. One of the few pleasant surprises in TSO. >>... 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. >> TANSTAAFL. But, yes, an autoinstaller would be nice. But again, don't get on a slippery slope to Trojan Horses. >> ... 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. >> It would be nice to have that on cbttape.org itself. Who'd do the work? Perhaps a convention for README files created by contributors that would automatically be linked as web pages for each submission. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
