> Well, then, make one up. I don't have to; IBM already did, lo these many years ago. WPS is even in wiki.
> "Eu" as the Greek prefix meaning "good"? See the post from Curtis and follow the link. > The problem with the shebang is that not all standard executables > reside in the same directory. True, although there are often links in standard directories. > What's the magic formula for Assembler source? An extended attribute of filetype=asm No, that wasn't in Multics either. -- 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 6:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ZOWE Open Editor - baby's first steps questions On 2020-01-05, at 14:24:01, Seymour J Metz wrote: > >> WPS? > > https://secure-web.cisco.com/175ptt1Kz9pGdV298nz4QhXdfY5aH7x8MD1myITUHSOIFCfpchmkblSObuT53BGJmEVivoh9Bd3SyP7BQ3usz2dl3b8hW8GXiy2fTrSBZ0AcStB24YxVv5_aC4VjUJI4t430Lx-rcX6IC3QxMFZ-OVk5Ow6Hz4vQlZLdoUsYWwSsWj8_7lUQ8q92O6ZJYqAd09LMuMcurzuIp5Wny1T4tIFCRhuRx54siWfs8htdHCwU5jfNVJ7A7gkpCaFqz7T3o05uRuBNePaqrua4NB1EMWr1NT__Jqjc_CKxGizsHMhvxyZwUBnuyTXwJZ8Zu1w5qlUCLBDe4kEa4K0-v3L649D4Yd_YTTUwNFzz6ThiMpATK9HGkZC44oNP3EhA1dZ6r/https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWorkplace_Shell > >> Pick one: > > Why? None of them is relevant. > Well, then, make one up. >> 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. > "Eu" as the Greek prefix meaning "good"? The problem with the shebang is that not all standard executables reside in the same directory. A problem with POSIX is tnat it permits this. And embedding the type in the file body is about as bad as in the name. What's the magic formula for Assembler source? CSECT? DSECT? MACRO? START? ... -- 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
