On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:17:35 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>It may depend on how you define support. There are some utilities that work
>but for which the documentation doesn't mention it. The DD: recognition is
>unsupported in the sense that if it breaks IBM will not consider that an error.
>
It's not how I "define support" but how IBM defines support.
In:
z/OS Version 2 Release 4
UNIX System Services Command Reference
IBM SA23-2280-40
Appendix K. Specifying MVS data set names in the shell environment
(I suspect that "in the shell environment" is unduly restrictive and
the construct can be used for the same programs invoked by exec*() or
spawn*().) I read:
Utilities that support MVS data set names
The following utilities support the use of MVS file names. Consult
the description for each utility for limitations and exceptions:
• automount • c89 • cp • mv • pax • tar
(Note the use of the word "support".) I assume that "The exception
that proves the rule" applies, but it should be clarified as "Only the
following utilities ..." "file" should be "data set".
Appendix K fails to mention makedepend which itself mentions MVS data sets.
"//DD:DDNAME" is mentioned under c89, makedepend, and Appendix K.
I see no defining occurrence that appears to have scope applicable to
Appendix K.
-- gil
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