> WPS? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_Shell
> Pick one: Why? None of them is relevant. > ISPF has long treated the LLQ of the DSN as a file type. TSO used the LLQ before ISPF did, but it's just a hint, not a file type. It's still part of the name. > o MacOS has long had an elaborate system of metadata. That's the good news. > Alas, it's not portable, and vanishing beneath the tide of Windows > conventions. MacOS support of MIME types seems to be likewise > eroding. And that's the bad news. > o UNIX magic numbers are widely despised among partisans of > other OSes. Do they also despise the shebang? While I spell it Eunix, that's one of the good things about it. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 5, 2020 3:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ZOWE Open Editor - baby's first steps questions On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 19:46:36 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >There is no file type in the PC world, other than OS/2 extended attributes. >There is a file extension, but that's really part of the name. I wish that >someone would port WPS to Linux. > WPS? Pick one: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1-WtcViKOtCLYpp39sXfw2d4NC2fOFlZG0t6y9-vnNY6fyRwVl0UPlqwpJdBEchixjERU3gYbOwcG-kJ033BtifxOQNinsFuRh_qHlxxd1r0XBVy3L3HuUi-D_efPgHfTc3PsqGYv2BCEblKVEMG25mWOanhwAB5SEOtScWq6di7avhMI9ESRPZdgcSDHFnuRC559bt9_Nkl6Wq6YTr0p8wPhBNzkjgdwbz6n8WJbBLLLTlSK6uRGwzIx9TFkCfeMFggi8DBC85QUrleGO0AfX8dTqJSqbYrHvTq0lHtCb3t7aoIUOld26nMZ_0N9xV1g6-qGzz3R2qk6dbR923mQ-PIZ5KmxVx1xGfV6zwQgaXKnPlXHYz4hv-QdG-Z1zHktZOcZs9KrOJYWo86WI7n3gkP46GeVEZdoNjjN-ANjYLHMM3DEVK9ozNiz5yZrBNlm/https%3A%2F%2Facronyms.thefreedictionary.com%2FWPS o ISPF has long treated the LLQ of the DSN as a file type. o MacOS has long had an elaborate system of metadata. Alas, it's not portable, and vanishing beneath the tide of Windows conventions. MacOS support of MIME types seems to be likewise eroding. o UNIX magic numbers are widely despised among partisans of other OSes. -- 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
