Ehhh...this is really comparing apples and oranges. In *IX or Windows, you say "Write file /foo/bar" and it figures out where to put it. And you never have to worry about that. If you want, you can create a link (hard or soft, in *IX, or a "shortcut" in Windows) to the file, to make it easier to find (especially when the full pathname is long and complex).
In z/OS, you have to decide where to put the data set (modulo automatic allocation) and (in many cases) remember the volser and even the location. Cataloging the data set helps, just as links do. Moving/renaming a file always has its risks. I really don't see much difference here. As John McKown notes, the flat namespace, much shorter names in z/OS (and much more restrictive filename character set) may make things "easier", but at the cost of significant capability. Given the antique-ness of both OSes, I'm amazed they do as well as they do. On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Ze'ev Atlas <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not do too much on z/OS anymore (there aren't too many jobs and they > don't pay that well.) So most time I work on Windows or Linux/Unix of some > variety. I am surprised that the most striking difference between z/OS and > the other OSes is not that much emphasized! So let me please spell it: > > In Unix and Windows you need to know where the heck is your file, like: > aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee/fff/myfile > > An wow to you if you do not remember or did not get the information that > ccc is now qqq. You'll never find your file anymore! > > in z/OS you catalog the file and say: > myfile > > Apparently z/OS is capable of finding the file without any manual > assistance! "Manual assistance"?!? didn't we invent computers, big data > and what not to save menial work. > :) > > ZA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
