On Mon, 9 Dec 2019 05:44:08 -0600, Lionel B Dyck wrote:
>If you are trying to ftp the rocket git distribution then you should be
>ftp'ing it to OMVS and not to z/OS datasets. If you are trying to work with
>the zigi (z/OS ISPF Git Interface) then again, ftp to OMVS files and use the
>install.sh script to get the files to z/OS for use.
> "... to z/OS ..."?
Isn't OMVS already just part of z/OS?
What technique requires the least error-prone human interaction.
I believe the package should be a single file, transferred to z/OS as *binary*.
o cksum is your friend. Is a checksum supplied with the package.
o CBTTAPE.org has some practices worth assimilating.
o The package might be a pax archive, extractable with "pax -r ..."
o Or a .zip, extractable with "jar -x ..."
Is jar generally available on z/OS systems without optional installation?
o PDS[E]s can be TRANSMIT unloaded within the pax/zip. Cf. CBTTAPE.org.
RECEIVE has an INDD option which can accept allocated OMVS files.
RECEIVE runs only under TSO, and getting to TSO from OMVS is a
tedious extra step.
o It's a shame that:
- RECEIVE can't run outside TSO. JCL EXEC or Rexx ADDRESS LINKMVS
would be great.
- RECEIVE requires reply to a prompt.
- IEBCOPY doesn't support OMVS files as PDSU. SMP/E does
an extra conversion step to make that work.
- AMATERSE doesn't support OMVS files as archive SYSUT1.
I can cheat this, but support would be lacking.
- OMVS directories are not supported as STEPLIB catenands.
- OMVS directories are not supported as SYSEXEC catenands.
o Accommodating site naming standards can be a PITA.
o What about the instructions? An ASCII README file outside the archive?
o SMP/E?
Any suggestions?
-- gil
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