I concur re: DownThemAll! I have been using for several z/OS versions to
get the manuals and it works great. You just go to the main PDF page and
then set a filter that says that you only want pdf files and let it rip.
FWIW - If anyone is using Linux or Unix, following a script that will
generate symbolic links with the PDF title for all of the pdf files in
directory. Its very handy so that you can have meaningful names for all
of the PDFs. (You don't want to rename the PDFs, since some manuals
contain links to others and the original filename is needed).
#!/bin/sh
# Make symlinks to all .pdf files in the current directory to names that
match their Title:
ls -1 *.pdf | while read f
do
echo "Examining: "$f
title=$(pdfinfo "$f" | grep "Title:" | cut -c17- | tr -d '/\\:' | tr ' '
'_')
if test -n "$title" -a ! -s "$title.pdf" ; then
echo "link $title.pdf -> $f"
ln -s "$f" "$title.pdf"
fi
done
Kirk Wolf
Dovetailed Technologies
http://dovetail.com
On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Correct, DVDs are no longer being produced. I forget what version of z/OS
> they did that. z/OS V1.13 may be the last - but I am not sure.
>
> I would recommend getting MOZILLA browser and install the addin -
> DOWNTHEMALL.
>
> It is very fast to down load anything from the web. I use it to download
> all of the IBM Manuals I want. I think I downloaded 678 PDFs from IBM in
> about 10 mins maybe 20 mins.
>
>
> Lizette
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> > Behalf Of Pommier, Rex
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:25 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: revisiting the documentation dilemma
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I've been meandering through the archives and saw several threads
> regarding
> > documentation changes that IBM has been implementing, with knowledge
> centers
> > et al. So my question is a rather basic one. We just upgraded to 1.13
> a couple
> > months ago. Do the documentation DVDs no longer exist even in softcopy
> form?
> > On my old 1.11 system I was able to download and install a DVD image and
> have
> > the documentation library locally on my PC. If I want to have a similar
> functionality
> > with my 1.13 documentation do I need to download each manual I want
> individually
> > and build my own library? I spent a couple hours yesterday on IBM's web
> site(s)
> > and it appears that this is my only option. Could somebody please
> confirm whether
> > this is correct or if there is someplace where I could do a mass
> download of books
> > please point me to it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rex
> >
>
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