On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 7:50 AM David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2020-02-19 8:24 PM, John McKown wrote: > >> This look interesting! > >> > >> IBM have a new product for running traditional batch utilities using an > >> API that works in shell scripts, Java and Python. > >> > >> > >> > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSKFYE_1.0.1/welcome_zoautil.html > >> > >> > > Some of these things remind me of Dovetail Technologies' "Co:Z" and > > "Dataset Utilities" functionality. I am guessing that this is a cost > > product? Dovetail's utilities are free. But they don't include the Java > and > > Python stuff -- that is really nice, to me. Not that I'll ever see any of > > this stuff. We're still on the "death watch" here. Been on it for years, > > and over multiple owners. > > Co:Z seems to be the much better option for shell scripting. The IBM > offering is a C DLL that is wrapped in JNI for Java > with a native C API. I have to say, I prefer Co:Z to calling batch > utilities but the later may be more effecient for copying PDS data sets. > > I forgot that I do have access to this via a friend's system (Dallas Innovation). I already have a complaint or a desired change: The "dls" command needs a "-q" (quiet) option to suppress the output and only set the return code, so that I can do something like: dls -q some.ps.dsn && dtail some.ps.dsn Yes, I know that I can do: dls some.ps.dsn >/dev/null 2>&1 && dtail some.ps.dsn But a '-q' or maybe '-s' (silent) option is more "elegant" to me. And I'm a lazy typer. -- People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
