Thank you everybody for your help. I know what I need to know (I guess): <SSQA4U>echo $PATH /bin:HOME <SSQA4U>PATH=/bin:/usr/lpp/java/J7.0_64/bin:. <SSQA4U>export PATH <SSQA4U>echo $PATH /bin:/usr/lpp/java/J7.0_64/bin:. <SSQA4U>java -version java version "1.7.0" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pmz6470sr3-20121025_01(SR3)) IBM J9 VM (build 2.6, JRE 1.7.0 z/OS s390x-64 20121024_126071 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled) J9VM - R26_Java726_SR3_20121024_1635_B126071 JIT - r11.b02_20120924_26343a GC - R26_Java726_SR3_20121024_1635_B126071 J9CL - 20121024_126071) JCL - 20121019_01 based on Oracle 7u6-b17 <SSQA4U>
Have a Great Weekend, Dave -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 9:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Where is the z/OS java Book? On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:02:44 +0000, Mullen, Patrick wrote: >Try this link: > >http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYKE2_7.0.0/welcome/welc >ome_javasdk_version.html > >Set PATH something like this: > >PATH=/bin:/usr/lpp/java/J7.0_64/bin:. >export PATH > z/OS manages to do this worse than any other vendor's product I know of. A couple examples: 511 $ uname -a Darwin PaulGilm.local 10.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 512 $ ls -al `whence java` lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 74 Oct 19 2013 /usr/bin/java -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java 498 $ uname -a Linux gil-crunchbang 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.65-1+deb7u1 x86_64 GNU/Linux 499 $ ls -al `whence java` lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 29 14:49 /usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java IBM ought to do as well: when installing or upgrading Java, correspondingly install a version-free symlink to the current version. But is IBM listening? I suppose it's an RFE candidate. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
