Here you go John: DEAR BOSS, YOU MAY BE A LUDDITE.
SINCERELY, JOHN MCKOWN Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com PS> Seriously, it is fair to say that POSIX and zFS files need better support in z/OS. Take BPXBATCH for example (please :-) On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:03 AM, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, I bet I got your attention on that {grin}. > > But, seriously, I am wondering what the "person in the trenches" thinks > about the increasing use of UNIX files and commands becoming more prevalent > on z/OS. I am basically asking because my manager absolutely despises UNIX > files. And hates the current maintenance processes from IBM and CA which > force him to use it. One of his reasons is the case sensitivity of the UNIX > file names. Of course, like most people in the world, his mind has been > corrupted by the case insensitivity of Windows. As well as the very > prevalent use of space characters in Windows file and directory names. This > case sensitivity of names may be another reason why new people, likewise > corrupted by Windows, will take an instant dislike for z/OS. OTOH, Linux > might find it minimally interesting. And maybe even quite interesting, if > IBM would adopt and maintain a port of the GNU infrastructure software. > > What I think, and I am likely stupid on this, is that the Apple HFS+ > approach might work. Just like, at present, when you create a zFS > filesystem, the default for filenames on an HFS+ filesystem are, like > Windows, case _in_sensitive. However, when an HFS+ filesystem is > initialized, it can be set as "case sensitive". This is done on a > filesystem-by-filesystem basis. What might be nice is to enhance(?) zFS so > that it can be made case _in_sensitive (reverse default of HFS+). This > might be very helpful for "naive" z/OS UNIX users. Put the ${HOME} > directory (usually /u) under automount and set the parameters so that when > automount creates & initializes a ${HOME} directory, it is > case-insensitive. And, of course, they should be a way to "flip the switch" > back an forth between case sensitivity and case insensitivity. Of course, > the "make insensitive" conversion will need to check & abort if there two > names in the same directory which are equivalent when case is ignored. I > would think this would be simple; check for possible problems and if none, > just flip the switch in some sort of "header" data area. Regardless of > case sensitivity or insensitivity, it should be case preserving, like > Windows. > > I know the response from both IBM and CA is/will be basically "suck it up, > maggot!" (to quote a not-so-favorite D.I.) > > Oh, well, it is Friday. And, for me, this is almost a reasonable thought. > > -- > We all have skeletons in our closet. > Mine are so old, they have osteoporosis. > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
