On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 19:36:09 -0600, Ze'ev Atlas wrote:
>From the little user point of view, he/she knows the name of the file. As a
>matter of policy in most facilities (probably all), all files that the little
>user do and/or care for are cataloged and are somewhere in the DFSMS managed
>storage. Thus, if he/she needs the file, all need to be done is mentioning
>the name. The 44 character name is indeed a stupid limitation that need to go
>away.
>The same thing about stupid limitation is the lack of standard catalog in
>Unix. That limitation needs to go away.
>
CHANGE 'file' 'path' all
... and the same argument applies in UNIX. From "the little user point of view"
there's no practical difference. Why is "SYS1.LINKLIB" more practical when
mentioned than "/usr/bin"? Effectively, /etc/mnttab takes the place of the
standard catalog.
-- gil
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